09/05/2026  9.00 - 13.30  Dockens Water path and North side. Usual path and hide check. Need for bramble trimming increasing!!! 

Issues of Note:

• Out of hours use of Lapwing hide. Some rubbish left, including cigarette ends. Record diary missing. Pen had been used to draw, and scribble some inappropriate phrases on the shelf in front of the low window.
• Masking tape has been removed from some of the signposts, particularly those indicating paths through the Hanson Plant to the Tern Hide and Main Car park.

Sightings of note:

• Great White Egret in the Silt Pond near Lapwing hide, another on the western shore. 
• 2 Ravens seen on the north side of the spit between the Lapwing and Goosander hide.
• Blue tit appears to be feeding young in the Swift Tower!!!
• Sand Martins active both flying for food plus ?feeding young in the nest sites.
• Few butterflies seen except for 10+ Speckled Wood.
• Still some Common Terns remaining in front of Tern Hide.