I was there this morning. It was bright and sunny for the most part though not that warm depsite the light winds having swung back to the south.
A Common Hawker was on the end car park ponds when I arrived and several damsleflies and Common Darter. A Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat and Reed Bunting were in the reeds between the ponds.
I saw little else heading over to the lake.
As you say Ray things are pretty quiet. The Kingfishers are the main feathered interest now. Between 8.30-9.00am they took in six fish which is very promising for numbers. They had a break for a while and then afterwards were regularly taking them in. I think they've have about another two weeks before they fledge.
It was also nice to see a Tufted Duck female with seven very small and fluffy looking young. Hopefully they'll survive a little better than the other ducklings though a LBB Gull was eyeing them up and dived on them at least once but missed. There were 3-4 Little Grebe about but I could see only one juvenile.
The bushes by the hide held a few birds including - Blackcap, LTT, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Whitethroat, Goldfinch and Wren plus 3-4 Bullfinch.
There was virutally no activity on the dragonfly scrapes though a little later I saw several Common Darter and one Common Hawker.
Where the becks meet on Claxton Beck there were several young Sedge Warblers flitting about in the reeds plus atleast two Reed Warblers. Several tits were in the willow trees.
Between the weir and Cloff Bridge I came across a 35-40 strong flock of young birds feeding in the young trees over the path and beck comprising - Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit (c.20-25), Great Tit, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Wren and Sedge Warbler - quiet spectacle. Several Bullfinch were calling and flitting about the trees but only ever giving glimpses.
I then crossed Cloff Bridge had a walk along the cycleway as far as the farm - lots of Linnet, Whietthroat, Yellowhammer and Treesparrows in the hedges though not as obliging as usual for photos. There were a fwe Swallows about but not that many. A Pied Wagtail was on the manure heap which was proving popular with feeding birds.
There were quite a few flowers out on the verges which had brought out good numbers of butterflies. Mainly white ones with Large White, Small White and Green-veined White. I don't think I've ever seen so many Large White together in one place before. Other included Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Small Skipper, Small Heath, Large Heath, and Ringlet plus a few Speckled Wood near the bridge. There seems to have been another hatching of Speckled Wood as there were quite a few fresh ones spread all over the Park.
I then headed back to the lake and car park ponds seeing nothing fresh. The terrapin was backing in the sun and on the same pond were several Common Darter and a single Four-spot Chaser.