15/03/2025  9.00 - 13.00  Blashford North   Path and Hide check. Bramble runners/trip hazards removed where necessary. Bird carcass seen alongside western path to Lapwing hide. 20-30 metres north of cross path, towards the back of the western verge.

Majority of birds on the north and west of Ibsley Water, although a fair number were sheltering in the bay in front of Goosander. Amusing sight of a moorhen driving a large gull off the rail in front of the hide.

5 Lapwings seen on the scrape from the screen in the Hanson Plant.[not the camouflaged screen on top of the western bank]