31/05/2025  9.00  -  13.15  Blashford North  Usual path and hide check. Bramble trimmed where necessary. Nettles growing ++++ and needs team effort to clear. Reeds encroaching onto the boardwalk and ready for the usual annual cut. 

Sightings:  Stonechat in front of Lapwing hide. Sand Martins active ++ at Goosander hide. No grass snake seen in the wall!! but a male adder seen at the base of the western end of the bank, on the approach to Goosander hide. Little ringed plover, redshank and lapwing - both adults and a well developed juvenile, seen from Tern hide. Only one Speckled Wood and one Comma seen.