I took the above photo just before I left the reserve this afternoon.
Alan(duffbirder@blogspot.com) was in the car park taking photos of the thrushes that were feeding in the hedge. After a few words I walked to the Geoff Smith hide. Plenty of sunshine and as Alan states, from the elevated position of the hide there is a panoramic view.
Still some water in the scrape, but not enough to tempt any birds. It was quieter than on my last visit on Monday afternoon. The farmer had moved all his sheep and no black-headed gulls hunting insects. Not many woodpigeons flying about either,
3 red kites gave us an acrobatic display as they flew over the reserve and there was always a buzzard about.
Unable to tell if this was one of the birds I saw on Monday. Alan spooted a lighter coloured one on a distant fence post and one was hunting on the ground. A pair of stonechats paid a brief visit to the scrape.
A sparrowhawk flew past the hide but hid in the bushes to the left of the hide.
Small groups of starlings kept appearing, but no sign of a murmuration before I left. While scanning I picked up a herd of about 24 whooper swans flying east at a good height. Later on we had geese going in the same direction. A pleasant afternoon with excellent company.
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