A pleasant afternoon at the reserve with autumn sunshine and next to no wind, 13 degrees C.
Birds: Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard, Magpie, Mallard (pair), Robin, Woodpigeon.
Butterflies: Comma, Speckled Wood.
Dragonflies: A Hawker, presumed to be Southern, working over the Oak tree above the brook.
Other invertebrates: Noon Fly.
Mammals: Brown Hare (put up from a form on the reserve), Water Vole (prints and droppings on the raft).
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