Osprey feeding

On Friday 17th September, I had the afternoon off and I eventually drove down to the always rewarding Hen Reedbeds, the visited started off well with 4 Grass Snakes seen under the CI, 2 adults & 2 youngsters. The walk down to the hide was uneventful the very low tide was noted but looking back along the far west corner (north side) of the estuary the excellent Osprey was perched on its usual post just in front of the 5 gabled house. The Osprey had a fish in its left talons and was constantly feeding off it. I saw many c50 Curlew, c40 Redshank & c30 Shelduck. There were 2 close Curlew but they had gone when I crawled up the bank and were replaced by 2 resonably close Black- tailed Godwit, one in heavy moult into its winter plumage. Finally walking back, by the bushes a male Southern Hawker patrolled the path constantly & the same 2 adult Grass Snakes were seen and a Green Woodpecker was heard.