Midday visit to Amwell HMWT Reserve where I wanted to check out the dragonfly trail. Very little in flight here even on a sunny day. Azure and common blue damselflies were all that were registered here, with a four spotted chaser seen further along the path.
Other insects included the hoverfly Eupeodes corollae, holly blue, small white and orange tip butterflies and the click beetle, Athous haemorrhoilalis.
Bird wise, a hobby over the distant trees, a cuckoo calling and plenty of common terns. A pair of redshank, several shoveler and lapwing, plus a few male pochards. in the trees a good selection of warblers: sedge, cetti's, blackcap, garden and whitethroat were all heard and seen; the cetti's far too briefly for a much awaited photo. A most elusive and secretive bird.
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| coot at the dragonfly trail |
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| blackcap |
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| Eupeodes corollae |
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| azure damselfly |
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| Athous haemorrhoidalis |
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| small white |
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| dipping black headed gull |
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| canada goose goslings |
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| redshank from the viewing point |
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| common tern |
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