The mid-summer doldrums have set in and with most birds hidden away rearing (and now fledgling) young, it’s all a bit quiet on the (south) western front. Still, its great to see so many young birds now fledging, many taking advantage of garden feeding stations. Getting your head around the ID of freshly fledged young can be a good challenge so why not try and test your selves on trying to age the birds you see coming into your garden to see how productive the breeding birds in your area have done. Bird news was slow with 3 Grey Plover in Middlebere reported to us and no sign recently of any Osprey.