Butterfly transect at Whillet’s:- 1 Chalkhill Blue in first meadow (new for reserve), 1 Holly Blue, 2 Common Blue, 11 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet, 43 Gatekeeper, 2 Speckled Wood, 6 Green-veined White, 1 Large White, 1 Large Skipper, 25 Small Skipper, 3 Small Copper, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary briefly flew over the end glade, 3 Shaded Broad-bar moths
Dragonfly counts at Whillet’s:- many Azure damselfly, also 3 White-legged + 1 Blue-tailed + 3 Emerald Damselflies, 3 pairs of Common Darter dragonflies were ovipositing in meadow pond, 1 Emperor + 1 Brown Hawker + 2 Southern Hawker dragonflies.
Birds in Whillet’s:- 1 Kingfisher, 1 Buzzard, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Nuthatch heard, several Goldfinch.
West End:- 74 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Cormorant, 7 Greylag Geese, 15 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 6 Mandarin, 11 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 4 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Tern, 1 Stock Dove. Also 2 Terrapins.