The mute swan couple were busy looking for water weed this morning:

There was also a green woodpecker hopping nearby in the grass. It was by itself  - I haven't seen or heard any signs of a family this year which was very active last summer.

In the wood, a froglet was crawling among the leaf matter:

A few damselflies were around and this black-tailed skimmer:

 

 

These are quite common around the lake but I made the mistake of looking at my dragonfly book at other species and saw what looked very similar, a keeled skimmer. It isn't really the right habitat as they like damp heathland but there are a few localised patches of them in Berkshire. I would say this is a black-tailed skimmer as it has faint orange arcs around the edges of its tail if you look carefully.

Again, very few insects around - this small tortoiseshell:

And the common soldier beetle was everywhere today. These are also called blood-suckers:

The garden warbler family were in their usual spot making a lot of noise calling to each other. Other warblers seen and heard were chiffchaff, black-cap and willow warbler. These will be off in the next few weeks as will the swallows who regularly come here to drink from the lake.