A quick update is that the purple heron has been showing very well all evening and was left at 8.15 feeding merrily on sticklebacks in the semi dark. There is no reason to suggest it was going anywhere. We will try and get an update on it's status out as soon as we know tomorrow.
It has wowed many observers this aft - including the lucky visitors who chose tophill for their excursion from the rspb annual meeting at york!
