As I approached the viewing screen over-looking the pool closest to the pub a sand martin flew over head. It then appeared on several occasions high over the pool during the following 20 minutes. However I began to take less notice of it as I realised a bittern was standing in the edge of the reeds directly opposite the screen. After a few minutes it caught a fish (probably a rudd) and ate it. A kingfisher sat on a bullrush and a male sparrowhawk flew over.
On the newly created pool east of the pub there were at least two common sandpipers. On the new fishing pools to the west of the pub two little egrets and a buzzard were sitting enjoying the sun. Not a bad 40 minutes bird watching between 2.00 and 3.00 pm.
