15th September - very misty start, sun breaking through 1230h, then sunny pm and very warm, 25C, light breeze

0845, 35 plus Swallows around the village waiting for the mist to lift.  During the afternoon they continued to fly over the village.  About 1530 I noticed chatter and flight in the shed were the nest was, I then spotted the four young Swallows had left their nest and were sitting on the cattle feeder.  Although I was in bright sunlight peering in to a dark shed I took some photos that shows them quite well given the lighting.

Late morning there were at least 30 House Sparrows on the village street and another 20 on a nearby fence, so it looks like they may have had a good breeding season.  Three Chiffchaffs were chasing each other in the hedgerow.

About 1130h 14 Meadow Pipits flew over southward on migration, in the mist.  About 1400h, now pretty warm, five Buzzards were circling over the village before dispersing.  Mid afternoon a female Yellow Wagtail flew over and landed on the church tower having a good look before departing.

A quick look at the local lake followed, all the usual birds were seen, plus several Speckled Wood butterflies.  New birds included a drake Pochard and eclipse drake Wigeon, both first records of the autumn/winter for this site.

Before it became too dark I popped to Shawell lagoons to see what was about, plenty of Gulls, Herring, Yellow-legged, Black-headed, Lesser-black Backed and one Great-black backed Gull.  About 40 lapwing were on the sandy shore area, and a fox was feeding there again, they just kept a safe distance from it.  There were a lot of Canada Geese, ~150 and Greylag Geese ~25, at least two Little Grebe were present too.

On the road verge I noticed a fungus which looked pretty good.