Just the one Osprey spotted today

A light NW wind, it managed to stay dry after a heavy morning shower.

South wall (Malcolm)

I was quite late setting off due to the heavy shower. Probably the same reason that the Osprey was later today too. 

It arrived from the north side at 10:45

It made the mistake of flying over the gull filled wooden jetty, before flying across to rest on the seaward end of No.2 outflow. Same post as yesterday.

The gulls continued to bombard it, and after a short while it flew off towards the Lune estuary 

Little Egret 4

Middleton Nature Reserve 

These are Janet's shots of the three cygnets yesterday.

I checked this evening (Malcolm) the family were still on the main pond and the nest on the "no swimming" pond empty.

Mallard 15

No sign of the Gadwall again.

Tufted duck - interestingly, only the male was seen on the "no swimming" pond.

Coot and Moorhen as recent.

Common Buzzard 1 drifted over to the south.

Common Buzzard

The sun was shining at this point, but it was getting late and only two dragonfly species seen.

Black-Tailed Skimmer

Common Darter