19/10/2024  9.00 - 13.00  Blashford North. Recommendation: service leaf blower!!! New season imminent!  Drainage ditches needed for puddles on path to Goosander. Black plastic trim and two extra perches at Goosander Hide still to do. 

6 ponies seen in section 1. Birders and photographers increasing - travelling from some distance. Female Ruddy duck and Red Crested Pochard x3 reported on Ibsley.