A very fresh Brown Hairstreak in the first meadow on the footpath near Willow trees by Whillet’s Pool. Also at West End Car Park a Purple Hairstreak.

Other butterflies at Whillet’s included Small Copper, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood and Comma with good numbers of Meadow Brown & Gatekeeper.
Also Hemp Agrimony and Small Balsam in flower.
At Meadow Pond – several Common Blue damselflies, Brown Hawker dragonfly egg laying and Willow Emerald.
West End:- Kingfishers taking food, still  feeding young, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1 Mandarin noted.