Migrant stopping off while moving southward
Surprise find was a Nightjar which had chosen the reedbed to roost during the day (on a dead willow branch) whilst on its southerly migration to southern Africa.
Others making that journey are a steady stream of house and sand martins, swallows through the reserve.
Two other highlights last week were a wood sandpiper from Ramsar hide on Saturday (WWT Guide David Harper) and a whinchat on the Black Rabbit triangle also David Harper (migrants).
Two Marsh tits, one at Black Rabbit triangle and another near woodloop/millstream (David Harper) a wing-tagged juvenile marsh harrier and a great egret near the River Arun.
Erratic weather keeping insect activity fairly quiet, apart from a painted lady spotted on the wet grassland last week.
