Eight of us visited Puxton Moor. Presumably small numbers due to a poor weather forecast. However, it didn’t rain all morning! We had a quick look at the outside of Puxton church built in 1557, but the site is much older. After crossing a ploughed field we heard our first of ten Reed Warblers by the drove road leading to the 70 hectares of Puxton Moor nature reserve in the care of Avon Wildlife Trust. Several Swallows and Swifts were seen flying low over us catching the plentiful insect life. In the reeds by the rhynes we heard Reed, Sedge and Cetti’s Warblers so it was good to get a comparison. The rhynes by the farm track had recently been dredged making this area less interesting at the moment, but at least there was no fly-tipping as in the past. Just before the bridge we had a very good view of a Scarce Chaser dragonfly and several Azure Damselflies as well as Painted Lady butterflies which all seemed to become active when the temperature rose in the late morning. At the narrow bridge where Goosey Drove meets Puxton Lane we had a good view of the paired dimples of the Willow Emerald Damselfly which had used an apple tree to oviposit. In total we saw or heard 37 species of bird. Many thanks to Gareth for leading and Robin for compiling the bird list