Let the plug out.

Not too sure why the water levels are so unacceptably high on the Stodmarsh/Grove Ferry reserve at the moment but a Wood Sandpiper arrived on the pool in front of the Reed bed hide at the Stodmarsh end on Saturday morning (2nd) but thought better of it as it could not find any muddy fringes to land and feed on. At one stage it tried to land on the Algae on the water surface but was unsuccessful and passed on to pastures muddier. 

With the Algae and the high water levels there not much to keep me interested and the same could be said for the Marsh hide. Two late (ish) Hobbies were seen over the reed bed and a few Bearded Tits were "pinging" on the way down to the Marsh hide. 

I was under the impression that the water levels were manageable on the reserve and although I realise you cannot turn the water on and off like a tap, I would have thought that the levels could have been managed a bit better with the passage waders passing through at this time of the year in mind. Still, what do I know, I'me just an aging lorry driver. Looking on the bright side, we do have nice shiny blobs of yellow paint on the ends of the catches on the metal kissing gates at each end of the reserve ?????

Whinge Over.