June 19th 2009

It was a blustery afternoon when Dave and I visited the pond for our Friday coffee and cake session with winds up to 25mph. Our walk to farborough point produced a male Ruddy Duck near the fishing pontoons. An unusual record for this time of year and even more so as numbers locally have dropped dramatically since they have been culling them for being over friendly with White-headed Ducks in Spain. Also seen were 3 Common Terns and 3 Buzzard while Mute Swan numbers are still well over 50+. The wind ruined any attempt to find Grizzled Skipper and all we managed were 2 Large Skippers.

Richard