We travelled to Potteric Carr today for our summer outing. This is flagship Yorkshire Wildlife Trust site near Doncaster. We chose it for the water habitats and hoped to see birds and dragonflies. As soon as we entered the reserve we had a good view of two gatekeeper butterflies showing clearly the difference between the male and female. As we walked we saw lots of Common Blue Damselflies, and later in the day saw Brown Hawker dragonflies hunting above the water.
From the hides we watched lots of coots, mallards and Canada geese. Through the telescope we were able to identify a couple of Black Necked Grebe, and also saw Great Crested Grebes.
It was hot day and refreshments in the Kingfisher Café were a welcome interlude before heading back to the minibus.