After the joyous activity of springtime nature on the bog, a visit in August always seems a little sedate at first. Even the dog walkers seem to have largely abandoned it yesterday (Saturday).
The odd contact call from the trees and bushes was all that could be heard of the bird life at first. However, spending a few hours of careful observation from the boardwalk was well rewarded. Firstly there was a shy Green Sandpiper on the, largely dry, scrape in front of the hide that appeared fleetingly a couple of times before diving back out of sight. This was followed by turning up two Hobbys catching insects over the western dome of the bog. One of these peeled off over the hide and was later picked up resting for an hour on a dead bush south of the boardwalk, occasionally taking flight for an insect and returning . It shows that time and patience are the key.
Stephen Forster