When Lapwing start to appear on the reserve early morning then one knows autumn is underway as failed breeders start to arrive in the country for the winter. Didn't take them long to move inland.
Apart from the 3 Lapwing above the only other new migrant noted was a single Chiffchaff. A Coal Tit will be a dispersing juvenile going walkabout looking for a vacant site. Plenty of baby birds on the reserve with both House Sparrow & Linnet having churned out good numbers of young.
Having failed to see a Blue-tailed Damselfly in the hot drought last year & only three records the year before it was good to see this one on the Butts pond.
Ringing: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Dunnock, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Wren.