23/08/2025  9.00 - 13.15  Blashford North    Usual path and hide check, bramble and trip hazard trimming where possible. No new problems except for substantial leaf drop littering entrances and ramps to hides. Replacement rail alongside the path to Goosander hide turning looking good!!

Sightings: Great White Egret on Gull island, Little Egret on spit in front of Lapwing hide. One of the Great Crested Grebe eggs has hatched on the nest in front of Goosander hide. 

Only four ponies seen on the base of the spit between Lapwing and Goosander, but the fifth could have been hiding behind bramble to the south.