Wednesday 7th May

 Only a few people strolling round despite the beautiful morning. A couple of peacock butterflies sunbathing and my first sighting this year of a Beautiful Demoiselle damselfly.

The Birmingham City sticker on the no access poster into NML has been largely removed but the poster is loose and obviously needs replacing. The sightings board could do with a clean  up - sorry not much time today. The poor state of the word boards along the boardwalk has already been commented on. If can't be replaced then better to remove completely.

Only small amount of litter.

Sunday 4th May

 A few people walking.  One runner.  Trespasser in NML (reported on northside blog).  The no access sign has been vandalised to say "no access for the English" and a Birmingham City sticker.

One of the motivational phrases from the boardwalk has been ripped off at lakeside.mural.manual and another in the mangrove swamp.

Willow fluff 👻, comfrey, hawthorn and yellow flags

Saturday 3 May

Early morning walk, with very few people about and rather colder than its been. Noted a man on the non-public path that runs parallel to the boardwalk, obviously he shouldn't have been there.  

Saturday 3rd May

Lovely to hear the Sedge warblers in the Reed bed. Pond level very low. Hawthorn fully out. Lots of small-scale litter. I've broken my arm, so no workdays for me, but one-handed litter-p

icking is possible! 

Friday 2nd May

Two runners today, but that was it, despite the lovely weather. Good to see the wildlife make use of it.

Thursday 1st May

Lovely sunny day, one runner, two visitors. All good except for some fairly obnoxious waste in a clearing in the top right hand corner of the reserve area. Cleared up and disposed of.

Wednesday 30 May

Lunchtime wander around the Moor. Very warm with many airborne seeds flying and a lot of Sedge, Reed, Cetti's and Garden Warbler song. Two dog walkers noted who were made aware of the rules.