Good numbers of Common Snipe feeding in the rain.
1 Bittern - main lake N shore
11 Snipe - grazing marsh
2 Pintail - grazing marsh
2 Common Sandpiper - main lake
1 Stonechat - grazing marsh
25+ House Martin - main lake, over main reedbed, over SW
1 Sand Martin - over main reedbed
3 Swallow - over main reedbed
4 Chiffchaff - South route, sheltered lagoon, wildside
Dragonflies: (late September) Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker.
Wildflowers: (late September) Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yarrow, Purple Loosestrife, Flowering Rush, Field Scabious, Devil's-bit Scabious, Wild Carrot.
Reptiles: (19th September survey) Slow worms (11 juveniles, 25 female, 2 male); 2 Grass snakes; 2 Common Lizard.