A walk down to Felbrigg Lake today revealed that with the hot and sunny weather, Crossbills were coming down to drink from the lake. Flocks were continually coming and going with others calling and singing from the adjacent trees, and I would estimate that there were somewhere between 40 and 60 birds in the area, with a good number of juvenile birds in the flocks which was a pleasing sight.
A check of the meadow for Butterflies revealed my first Large Skipper of the year, and a Cuckoo was calling away from the wood someway to the south.
Around the lake edge was the first Emperor Dragonfly of the year, along with a Broad-bodied Chaser, a few Red-eyed Damselflies were settling on the weed patches plus a good number of Common Blue Damsels.
