07/06/2025  9.00 - 13.15  Blashford North.  Usual path and hide check.

Requiring attention:

1. Nettles along verges++        2. Reeds alongside the boardwalk.      3. Branches drooping over boardwalk - midway along.  4. Rotten board at the beginning of Lapwing hide ramp.

Sightings of note: 1. Dead rabbit on verge of Eastern path, just north of the crosspath.    2. Flock of 32+ great crested grebes on lake in front of Lapwing hide.    3. Large flock of Greylag geese in the centre of Ibsley Water, a few more on the shore/spit island. 

4 ponies in section 2 on western shore. Interesting/charming small mammal seen by the Centre - Nigel investigating.