19th While watching the starlings on the feeders making lots of noise and mess I noticed a beautiful metallic blue banded demoiselle flutter in from next door and land on a bush. Grabbing my camera and sending the starlings flying off I rush out to take its picture only for it to fly away. I was then shown a lesson in controlled flight -a sparrow flew down and captured the demoiselle.
Later we visited the nature reserve the lake is surrounded by yellow iris flowers and there is lots more vegetation on the islands in the lake but I do manage to spot 2 lapwing chicks still alive.
Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus) Grows upto 150cm high in rivers or ditch margins or lakes floewers May -July.
We also see a pair of Reed Warblers by the car park pond.
Reed Warbler ( Acrocephalus scirpaceus) Very hard to spot in the dense reed stems. We watched as they climbed with ease up the stems. Summer migrants to Britain for breeding. Nests in reeds in deep cups of grass. Laying 3-5 eggs. Feeds on spiders, insects and small snails.
