Fishing Fest down on the main pool...

The Heron and Little Egret share a favourite fishing spot while a Black headed gull looks out for opportunities....

And above them, the Kingfisher is also fishing from his perch....

Meanwhile, on the river, it is bath time in the shallows for a swan family...

and over the pools, the dragonflies are zipping about...

a Brown Hawker in flight!...

and a Migrant Hawker having a rest...

Two Little Egrets have been spotted down at the Meadows... this one is perching out of the way of the Heron who thinks he owns the fishing rights on the pool....

and the warm sunshine has brought out lots of dragonflies... such as this pair of Common Darters "hanging on"...

A Little Egret dancing for its dinner... With water levels down, there are lots of fish to chase in the main pool...

A beautiful Green Woodpecker passes down the big hedge...

and a Reed Warbler flits among the reeds by the board walk...

If you have ever wondered what stinging nettles are for .....

Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars love them!

A Gatekeeper butterfly on bindweed flowers...

insects love the bindweed flowers too....

and Sedge Warblers love the insects...

and the purple haze of Willow Herb adds colour to the view!

Thistles...

going...

going...

gone!

but still useful!

A Marbled White butterfly making the best of a brief period of warm sunshine ...

In the meadow, the Cow Parsley is over...

Thistles are the next new thing...

but on the pool, 5 young cygnets swim serenely on...

If you go down to the Meadows today (or tomorrow for the Bioblitz) these are some of the things you might find...

A young Reed Warbler being fed by its parent...

some beautiful grasses...

some interesting insects...

a Banded Demoiselle

and some youngsters looking more like their parents every day!

Sunrise on the meadow...

Cygnets - 4 in a row...

Proud parents announcing 5 new cygnets....

A Whitethroat was singing a lot on the back hedge this morning...

as was this Wren...

Summer sunshine today... bringing out the flowers...

so the insects were out... a bee on clover...

and a damselfly on a nettle...

and a Reed Bunting was gathering grubs to feed his young family...

and a Whitethroat was singing happily...

A young Reed Bunting...

A Tufted visitor...

and a Mallard hustling away her young...

A Small White Butterfly ... balancing on a buttercup in the sunshine...

a pair of greylag geese ... just visiting...

a male Reed Bunting... declaring his patch...

and a Greenfinch... well camouflaged ...

Happenings down on the meadows today...

A Reed Warbler playing peek-a-boo....

The meadow awash with yellow...

A growing Coot family...

and a slow worm crossing the path...