Binswood is between East Worldham and Oakhanger. It is managed by the Woodland Trust. I have always found the most interesting part for birds to be the perimeter, where there is some excellent scrub habitat. Sadly there seems to be a policy at other nature reserves to try to obliterate scrub. It is of enormous value for birds in major decline. At Binswood the star bird was Garden Warbler, with seventeen singing around the perimeter and another close by - and this at lunch time.
Garden Warbler:
Three cuckoos were seen - with a presumed pair chasing each other about, and a third bird singing.
My first dragonfly of the year was this Large Red Damselfly at King John's Hill:
A hoverfly on spurge:
Roe Deer in the wood:
