The "Starmans Two" chough were in their field as usual. Two red kites - a pair - were circling together. I couldn't see the dead swan that has been reported, but the young whooper with its adoptive family were present and correct. Otherwise quietish, water levels dropping again (though outfall blocked), plenty of ducks but mostly hidden. No sign of marsh harriers while I was there.
The main W-E track almost impassable in two places even with wellies and walking poles, the predictable result of 90+ cattle having been driven along the fenced corridor in both directions.
