Popped over to Utch this afternoon, never been before so just kept to the main public footpath which takes you accross the field by the roundabout. Lot's about with Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and almost certain I saw the Hobby as well. Grey wagtial on the river, Chiff chaff, wren, Greenshank, Cormorants, Pintail, there was another small duck on it's own on the larger pool after where the muddy pipe runs in. Not sure what it was though. I also watched a flock of small birds right over the far side of the main gravel pit, there were at least 40/50 of them rising up and swirling in the air then dropping down again, not sure what these were either as I only had my bins and camera and the birds were half a mile away. Lot's of Dragonflies about on and near to the first pool. Black tip chasers, common darters, southern and migrant hawkers. Butterflies seen were Peacock, Painted lady, Large white, Speckled wood and Red admiral. Not a bad couple of hours. Loads of finches and tits in the garden, numbers are building weekly. 25+ goldfinches about 1 hour ago, mainly juvs.
