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Here we are: August; well past the Solstice; the days are detectably shorter; there’s a distinct crispness in the air in the morning; the robin is singing its winter song; the dog-days of Summer are passing; no warblers are singing. Birds are silent, busily feeding their young – bulking up...

Dave Blackledge, Reserve Warden, reported a Red Kite flying over the reserve early this morning. Other reports from the area this morning too, in the vicinity of Cardurnock.

This evening (30th June) on our peregrinations round the Reserve, we had the pleasure, quite by chance, of meeting up with Gary Prescott alias Biking Birder, whose fame had preceeded him to our remote corner of the world via the internet. Our encounter with Gary Prescott, Biking Birder, 30th June...