Woke up feeling miles better than of late, weather looked nice so over breakfast I made an impulse decision to make a trip to Hatfield. Caught up with the RNG early doors and a nice male adder at 10 acre lake. Went round t'other side and quickly found a pair of courting BNG's, stuck in the hide for a couple of hours as they toyed with the idea of approaching the hide, always stayed frustratingly out of range for a decent snap. Got fed up and went for a walk, lots of year ticks, WW, Blackcap, sand martin, Peacock and Brimstone butterflies.
Went back to the hide and the grebes were making their way to the hide, got some good shots but as they came together 10ft in front of the hide the door flew open, in came a woman with two kids, hatch opened , heads stuck out of the window "quack, quack duckies!" Aargh! She knew they were BNG's and that I was trying to photograph them but the birds moved away. Fortunately they soon left and the BNG's went past on their way to somewhere they were happier to hang around. After another wait they came back but this was shortlived as another group came in and started feeding the swans, no chance of a return. Anyone with connections to Hatfield? Please get the hide repositioned and get a duck feeding point somewhere.
Interesting observation (I think) was the BNG's catching flies, makes sense but didn't know they did that.