24th Sept Thursday - Mostly sunny, very warm again, 21C, mostly light S

Willey; A few Red Admirals were noted during the day.

Stanford Reservoir; afternoon.

A Hobby was catching Dragonflies in the dam area.  Quite a few Little Egrets on the dam, these moved off to the Leicester waterside trees and numbered 14.  Several grey herons about.

Plenty of Shovelers and Teal still, Pochards have increased to 24+.

Two Swallows were present around the dam area.   A roving Tit flock with several Chiffchaffs mixed in.