Wildlife in full swing

 

Wildlife in full swing

Since we re opened in the middle of April we have had dry and cold weather followed by wet and cold weather, so the arrival of summer migrants has been delayed, a similar story across the UK.

By the beginning of May the first swifts (2^nd) and house martins had arrived and now when the weather is cold and wet the number of swifts and hirundines (swallows, sand martins and house martins) number in the hundreds and it is quite a sight as they feed on the emerging flies. The number of feeding birds has attracted several hobbies throughout the month and the resident pair of sparrowhawks frequent the reservoir wall, no doubt in anticipation of an easy meal; the male is regularly seen from reception hide.

The woodland across the reserve has burst into song during the month as more summer migrants have arrived. Early May allows a brief glimpse of the songsters before the trees come into full leaf and the birds are lost in the canopy. Nearly all the regular summer migrants have now arrived; chiff chaff, willow warbler, common whitethroat, sedge warbler, reed warbler, blackcap, garden warbler are all to be found along with the resident Cetti’s warblers. Garden warblers and reed warblers have been the latest to arrive but have given good views to visitors, particularly the garden warblers which have been singing out in the open near the path. Cuckoos have been heard on several occasions in south scrub but it does not appear that any have stayed in the area. The arrival of the summer migrants has added to the woodland chorus which up to April was made up of wren, robin, blackbird, song thrush, bullfinch, treecreeper, dunnock, greenfinch, chaffinch and goldfinch. A pair of great spotted woodpeckers are resident alongside the treecreepers in the reception wood and a pair of tawny owls is also nesting in that part of the woodland and we are anticipating the fledging of youngsters very soon. Both goldcrest and chaffinch have nested very near the car park and are often seen feeding around the wooden office building.

Water violet flowering in reception pond

Semifree morella

Vinegar cup fungus

The woodland floor is covered with more flowers coming into bloom. Wild garlic and dead nettle were the first to appear following the earlier violets and ground ivy but now there are a few bluebells (although the ones on the reserve are not native), pink campion, yellow archangel and woodland forget me not. The blackthorn blossom has died off and in the last week been replaced by hawthorn which is attracting a host of pollinators. Also, in the woodland there have been some fungi. A couple of species of slime fungi at the beginning of the month and more recently vinegar cup fungus and semifree morella. So, as well as searching the canopy to find the singing birds, make sure you look closely on the woodland floor. One of our volunteers happened upon a roe deer fawn when he was doing just that.

Young roe deer fawn

In terms of insects the butterflies, moths, dragonflies and damselflies are also late to appear and are still in low numbers. As regards butterflies, brimstone, speckled wood, small tortoiseshell, small green veined white and orange tip have all been seen. Our volunteers that set out the moth traps have had a very slow month with Least Black Arches, Yellow barred brindle and an English sulphur tubic being the highlights. Four spot chaser dragonfly and two species of damselfly, the common red and the large red are the only ones to have emerged in the last week.

On the water bodies there are still about 20 tufted duck on D reservoir and 4 great crested grebes which have been seen displaying. Elsewhere gadwall, mallard and teal have been breeding. A drake garganey appeared on south marsh on 4^th /5th May, then a second male made an appearance on 10^th May but these were last seen on 12^th May. Greylag geese have young on North and South marsh and two pairs of mute swans have bred, one on north lagoon, one on south marsh west. There are 64 nesting pairs of black headed gull and possibly two pairs of common tern nesting on south marsh. Yellow wagtails have dispersed onto nearby farmland to breed, numbers dropping to single figures in the past couple of weeks compared to over 40 at the beginning of May. Pied wagtails and the occasional grey wagtail can be spotted feeding on the flies on top of the reservoir walls.

Oystercatcher chick (photo Maurice Dowson)

Greylag family on south marsh

Male garganey (photo Maurice Dowson)

There have been several waders passing through, usually on south marsh with a greenshank, 2 dunlin, 4 ruff and 2 common sandpipers on the 5^th, common sandpiper on 11^th and a wood sandpiper on 21^st. A pair of oystercatchers have raised 2 young on south marsh and a pair of little ringed plovers continue to try to nest, let’s hope they are successful. Lapwings have been seen displaying over decoy fields and at Watton nature reserve.

There appears to be two pairs of marsh harrier breeding, one near North marsh, one near south lagoon and a pair of kingfishers in the southern part of the reserve. Both species attracting interest as they are such iconic species of a wetland habitat. Little egrets are seen now singularly passing through, but the grey heron colony is very busy in the north marsh area of the woodland. Osprey is another species that we would like to stay in the area, and one has been seen on several occasions, probably a non breeding bird and still a nice record for the reserve.

Common tern (photo Maurice Dowson)

And finally, the marsh frogs are in full voice and can be found in any of the lagoons and ponds, that distinctive “song” of croaks and quacks puzzling many a new visitor. They provide an excellent food source for many of our predators but it is the grass snake that has not been seen too many times just yet, no doubt it, like the rest of the wildlife and ourselves is hoping for warmer weather.

Monitoring our wildlife

 Bird ringing at Tophill Low

Last week saw the start of our bird ringing season here at the reserve. For the past eleven years Graham Scott has conducted a Constant Effort Site (CES) ringing scheme in an area of South Scrub. 

Cetti's warbler

The CES scheme, co-ordinated by the British Trust for Ornithology starts on the 1^st May each year and runs till the end of August. During this time ringing days are planned (weather permitting) every 10 days which equates to about 12 sessions. Here at Tophill, Graham has carried out this commitment each year with a team of ringers (except in 2020) and in doing so has ringed 1,673 birds, covering 35 species, ranging from kingfishers to Cetti’s warblers.

Sedge warbler

The CES scheme has been running since 1983. Ringers use the same nets in the same locations over the same time period at regular intervals throughout the breeding season and this is carried out at 140 locations across the UK. The aim of the scheme is to monitor a particular site to establish the number and variety of species that are breeding in the area. It provides valuable trend information on abundance of adults and juvenile productivity at a particular site and also adult survival rates for 24 common songbird species. Re traps give evidence that birds are staying within the targeted area year on year and the number of each species ringed gives an overall picture of whether the numbers of certain species are remaining constant or changing over the years. Re traps of adults ringed in previous years are used to estimate survival rates. All this data adds into other data sources such as the Breeding Bird Survey and other ringing schemes co-ordinated by the BTO providing a detailed picture of bird populations.

A tiny metal ring is placed around one leg

Birds are caught in mist nets and carefully removed by trained ringers who must hold a licence

The process of bird ringing is carried out by people who have been trained and hold a valid permit that is issued by the BTO. Birds can be caught by a variety of methods but the most common, and the one used at the reserve is by mist netting. This requires a very fine net, secured by poles that is placed within a certain area. Birds are unable to see the net, they then fly into it and are safely held in a pocket of netting before being carefully removed ready for processing. The process consists of identifying the species, noting its sex and age, recording its wing length and its weight. A tiny metal ring is then carefully secured around a leg, the specific number recorded before the bird is released. The metal ring is similar in weight proportionately to wearing a wristwatch, causing no adverse affect to the individual

The wing length is recorded

The bird is weighed

Last Monday a total of 46 birds, of 17 species were caught and ringed, 7 birds were re trapped birds; a good start to the survey this year. Of the birds that had been re trapped; a reed warbler was first ringed in Jun 2019, a willow warbler was ringed in August 2020, a robin was first ringed in April 2019, a Cetti’s warbler had been ringed in June 2019 and a very long lived long tailed tit was ringed as an adult bird at the reserve in June 2018. Small passerines such as these species are known to be fairly short lived, information such as this data adds to that evidence.

Long tailed tit

Today the ringing team were back, they caught less birds, only 20 this morning as the weather wasn’t as ideal and will return on another ten occasions throughout the breeding season.

Dunnock

Over the years (2010-2019) the scheme on the site has shown that willow warbler and chiff chaff numbers have remained fairly constant, with two poor years (2014, 2015). Sedge warblers have increased throughout the period but have shown high fluctuations in numbers between years. Similarly reed warbler numbers have increased. With both species this may be due to the addition of a new net ride near some reeds but within the period that this ride existed numbers have also increased. The fluctuation in numbers in recent years is often due to ringing on days when passage birds appear to be moving through. Blackcap  numbers have remained fairly constant with double figures ringed annually in most years.

Some notable recoveries (when the bird has been caught in a different area to the CES site) have been a sedge warbler  that was caught in Lesteven, France, a reed warbler than was caught in Jersey, another two reed warblers were re trapped in Sussesx. A blackcap has been recovered at Stanford reservoir in Northamptonshire, a robin at Spurn and a long tailed tit travelling to Flamborough head, East Yorkshire. Two birds that were caught at Tophill, yet ringed elsewhere are both reed warblers, one ringed in Woumen, Belgium and one ringed at Fishlake meadows in Hampshire.

The scheme will be up and running throughout the summer now that rules have been relaxed and the ringing team are able to get back on site. We will continue to keep everyone updated on this fascinating aspect to our wildlife monitoring at the reserve. Our thanks go to Graham Scott and his ringing team for their efforts, in particular Will Scott who has provided all the ringing data records.

Open at last!

 

First week back

We’ve been so pleased to open up the reserve this week after being closed for so long. It has been great to welcome visitors old and new to the reserve. We’ve had a chance to catch up with the wildlife and the people that make this place so special.

As visitors have passed through the reception hide they have logged their sightings and so I think the reserve has been well viewed over the first week back.

Reception hide opens to visitors

The week started with a chill in the air yet chiff chaffs and blackcaps were singing across the reserve; chiff chaffs I am sure have been around for several weeks now but the number of singing blackcaps has increased daily in D reservoir wood, north scrub and reception wood. As the week progressed more summer migrants arrived with an overnight fall of willow warblers on Tuesday, 14 noted in D woods on Wednesday morning. By the end of the week a couple of sedge warblers (in reception wood and south scrub) had been found. At the same time a redwing was spotted on north scrub and overwintering goldeneye and tufted duck are still in good numbers on both reservoirs. Several great crested grebes are on D reservoir and have been seen displaying at times. A new bird species for the reserve was a visiting male hooded merganser which stayed for a couple of days. The bird is believed to be the same bird that has been seen at Hornsea mere and having a ring suggests that it is probably an escapee from a collection. Never the less an attractive bird. Although hiding under the far wall of D reservoir made viewing difficult and a telescope essential. It returned on Monday 19^th, giving better, closer views. Also seen on Monday was a male long tailed duck in summer plumage.

Sand martins have been investigating the sand wall on the reserve, in between feeding over D reservoir. Waders are still on the move with up to 60 curlew moving between Watton nature reserve and south marsh on Friday 16^th, dropping down to 10 on Sunday 18^th. Redshank have been seen on both these sites, so too a male black tailed godwit and 2 ruff, the males starting to show their stunning summer plumage. A pair of oystercatchers look quite settled on south marsh and on Sunday a pair of little ringed plover were recorded for the first time this year, fingers crossed for some successful breeding. Lapwings are displaying over the farmland to the west of D reservoir whereas they are in flocks on south marsh and Watton nature reserve; these birds presumably ones that will move further north before finding breeding sites.

The heronry in D woods is busy but will become more so once their eggs have hatched and young need feeding. Up to 8 Little egrets have been on south marsh, a single great white and a single cattle egret were reported on Watton nature reserve on Monday 12^th, the cattle egret recorded again on Monday 19^th.

Kingfisher sightings have tended to be on the north and south lagoons and also on south marsh. As well as the flashes of blue flying past, birds have been enjoyed sitting on the posts in front of the hides. Visitors sitting in the Izzard hide have even been splashed by the plop caused by a bird diving into the water from the roof of the hide. Now that’s what I call a wildlife experience!

Wildfowl can be seen across the reserve, whether it’s the wintering ducks on the reservoirs or more settled birds such as gadwall, mallard, shoveler and teal on the lagoons. A male garganey was recorded on south marsh on Wednesday 14^th and Thursday 15^th. Two families of greylag geese brought their new goslings out from the reeds on south marsh at the weekend and its thought that a further pair are nesting on north marsh.

Greylag geese family on South Marsh

There seems to be two pairs of marsh harriers, one at each end of the reserve and a pair of buzzards around O reservoir, all giving good views both from hides and from the footpaths. In reception wood we have a nesting tawny owl; it can often be heard calling during the day,  finding it roosting somewhere in the canopy is quite a challenge though!

A delightful sight has been over 40 yellow wagtails feeding on the wall at the far end of D reservoir. They arrived on Thursday 15^th and are constantly moving along the wall, along the road and into the bordering hedgerow. In amongst them there has been a channel wagtail and a possible blue headed wagtail, so it is definitely worth walking to that end and spending time looking through all the birds. The channel wagtail could possibly be a returning bird, one that has bred in the vicinity a couple of years ago. Grey, pied and white wagtail have also been seen along the top of the wall which is covered by emerging flies. Reed buntings and chaffinches are also feeding there.

Yellow wagtail on D reservoir wall

Channel wagtail on D reservoir wall

    
Cetti’s warblers are in full flow, bursting out their bubbling song at full volume and can be heard along the boardwalk bordering the north and south lagoons, but also in D woods and south scrub. Competing for volume is the tiny wren but it can be distinguished from Cetti’s by its longer and more shrill, scratchy song.

No otters have been reported by visitors this week so far, but roe deer seem to be popping up everywhere; in some cases walking right across the paths in front of people. They have had the reserve very much to themselves for the last year so it may take a while before they skulk in the bushes during the daytime to avoid disturbance. Hares can be seen clearly in the adjoining farmland as crops are not yet tall enough to hide in; the approach road giving some of the best views.

A number of butterflies; peacock, red admiral, large veined white, speckled wood, brimstone and orange tip have all been seen as the weather has got warmer over the past week. A few bee flies have also been spotted feeding on ground ivy and violets. Cowslips along the ditches around O reservoir make quite a carpet of pale yellow in the grass, a few primroses are dotted around, ground ivy and violets are giving a nice blue tinge to the woodland floor, before the bluebells emerge in full bloom in a couple of weeks.

Cowslips on O reservoir 

That’s made quite an exhaustive list of wildlife in the first week back open but as you can see the range and variety means there is something for everyone to find and enjoy and always plenty to see.

 

Re-open round up

Hi folks - a few hours until hopefully Tophill Low re-opens properly after 18 months of flooding and pandemics.  You'll have noticed that we've been purposefully restricting news from the site over this period to avoid enticing people to visit the reserve.  Back in winter one of the biggest highlights was the huge flocks of pink-footed geese overwintering;

We're not sure on the full reasons but Yorkshire Water have been doing a lot of work with local farmers in the area to establish cover crops between pea crops to improve soil health - benefiting the water quality we abstract at Tophill Low downstream.  Details here .  Perhaps the prevalent numbers of whooper swans were helped by this also?  It'd be nice to think we'd get this North Norfolk style spectacular every winter... Meanwhile the starlings didn't disappoint with the usual murmurations over the reed beds:

On the reservoirs an american wigeon was a welcome vagrant: 

Even better was a cracking drake smew which unfortunately no one could see (library pic): 

 And what's become the usual great white egrets about:

         

In addition we've had a cattle egret in recent weeks (pic of the last one - Roy Lyon): 

A crane visited Watton over winter too.  After the worst flooding within the reserve since 2007 followed a trial by ice: 

At the tail end of winter we undertook the most notable change you'll see on site this year as soon as you arrive - the felling of the failing poplars in O res wood near South Lagoon.  You may remember this image from 2020 when 4 large poplars root lifted in the damp soils and collapsed across the O res road with obvious hazards.  

Poplars are not long lived trees (they were planted for Bryant & May match wood back in the 60's) and aren't the most biodiverse.  With the risk they posed we have felled the remaining ones there so its a bit of a scene of destruction presently: 

When we have more time next season we will be clearing some of the debris whilst leaving strategic habitat piles and re-planting with a more sympathetic mix of wet woodland - alder, downy birch, alder buckthorn, sessile oak etc to create something more biodiverse and stable.  

The only other notable job was one we started way back in November - the replacement of decking to North Marsh hide: 

We've only just got back on the job this last week so hopefully it'll be something like ready for opening.  

So as we've been prepping for re-opening over Easter what else have we seen?

- Green woodpecker - yaffling all winter - will it stay? Plenty of great spots as ever.  

- Curlew - a peak count of 70 a nice consistency 

- Black-tailed godwits - some nice plumaged birds currently moving through 

- Ruff - up to 7 - again some in cracking plumage 

- Green sandpiper - on Watton 

- Bar-tailed godwit - 7 over site last week 

- Osprey - last Thursday 

- Sand Martins - c.20 birds buzzing the colony 

- Cetti's, chiffchaffs, blackcaps - prevalent everywhere now - with a few willow warblers presumably wishing they hadn't botheres

- same applies to swallows, house martins and yellow wagtails over the reservoirs 

- Heronry - we managed whilst closed to send a drone up last week and clocked 6 nests this year all with 4-5 eggs in

- Marsh harriers, buzzard, kestrels, sparrowhawks - all  as usual

- Oystercatchers - on south marsh east 

- Otters - as active as ever

- Kingfishers - buzzing around the lagoons this week 

- And presumably that white tailed eagle on Leven Carrs inevitably trundled over.  

So plenty to whet appetites;  However;

Obviously covid restrictions still apply.  So to re-iterate that means the track and trace table is back out, one way routes will remain until June at least (see Amy's last post for more details).  And crucially until the next May gateway is reached we will be reverting to one family bubble per hide.  This could be just one individual or a whole family - but there is to be no indoor mixing of different groups.  

As such etiquette is;  If the hide is empty you are welcome to stay until the next group arrives outside (doors are wedged open) whereupon you should vacate and either move on, or re-enter once they or any other waiting parties have moved through.  If two groups arrive simultaneously then please agree a sensible viewing period and swap over sensibly.  

What we don't want to hear of is individuals or groups belligerently hogging hides for extended periods.  We all know that many of our visitors enjoy taking a flask and cushion and settling down for several hours photographing or watching wildlife.  This will return - but for the next few weeks please be courteous and respectful to all users until we can relax restrictions in line with government guidance.  There is a great deal to see without needing to solely use hides.  

It's not an easy decision - however we think having hides open is the best compromise as without them people will make their own viewing spaces around hides disturbing wildlife or creating gatherings.  Limited viewing facilities allow people to satisfy curiosity in a controlled manner.  If this cannot work and people cannot be sensible we will be forced to close hides until later in the year which is in no one's interest.  

Otherwise; 

Memberships - new cards are available now - but as before anyone holding a 20-21 card will not need to renew as so much of the year was lost.  

Toilets - open as normal 

Reception hide - open to single bubbles when staffed.  Our Education Guide Margaret Boyd will be helping Warden the site this season in addition to Amy and myself given we've lost several much valued friends and volunteers in recent months.  

Izzard hide - members only - one bubble rule applies as the rest 

Goats - yes we know they have celeb status! but they're currently grazing out of sight as they are good escape artists and we don't graze orchid habitats in growing season - so they will become more evident later in the year

Catering - Those of you whom managed to visit in the brief autumn window will have seen Twitcher's snack bar adjacent to the car park run by Netty as a new addition.  Whilst not directly affiliated to the reserve there are some excellent light bites on offer served midday from Wednesday to Sundays in a similar manner to North Cave's Wild Bird:

On several visitor surveys over the years somewhere to get a light bite and warm drink has been top of the list numerous times so is a welcome start up and saves us having to run our former token offering from the reception hide.  Please note car parking is prioritised for paying reserve visitors - though we anticipate both reserve and catering compliment each other well.

So plenty to look forward to on all fronts - above all be courteous and patient to other users and we look forward to welcoming you back for a great season.  I'll follow up another post showing some of the other works I've been undertaking in our Water Works for Wildlife program away from Tophill Low in recent months - but as we've only had a limited presence it just means its all for you to find... 

Reopening Tophill Low

Since the last government announcement updating advice and guidance, and with the release of the road map we have been working hard getting things into place to facilitate the reopening of the reserve. With the current advice as it stands, and on the premise that the lockdown will be easing by following what has been laid out in the governments road map, we are pleased to share that we will be reopening Tophill Low Nature Reserve on April 12^th 2021.

The Gates will be open from 9am on the 12th April

We will be starting a new membership season as of April 12^th with new cards lasting until the end of March 2022. For those who took out membership last year and have Little Egret cards, they will remain valid until March 2022 also. We recognise that these members paid for a year but only got 14 weeks to enjoy Tophill before we had to shut again, therefore you are not required to renew your membership. This our way of saying thank you for sticking with us and showing your continued support over the last 12 months and helps us stay safe by reducing contact time and risk for all involved. Both the new 21/22 cards and the old Little Egret cards will work when swiped through the ticket machine. Both cards also give you access to the carpark gates, gain you access to the Birders Reception Hide and the Izzard Hide, just like previous years. Usually, we would hold the annual Tophill Low Nature Reserve Photography Competition over winter and the winner would have the honour of having their photograph on our membership cards, similarly to last year, for this year’s membership card the photo was taken by one of our trail cameras.

For our 2021/22 membership form please follow this link: https://tophilllow.blogspot.com/p/in-print.html

Before we get ahead of ourselves, COVID19 will still be a very real threat to many and therefore, there will still be COVID19 safety restrictions in place upon our reopening so please read the following carefully, so you are familiar with how the reserve must operate come April 12^th.

One-way systems will remain in place around the reserve. Some of you may have had your vaccines already but we are aware that not everyone has, including Tophill Low staff, volunteers, and our operational colleagues. To help protect us all, please adhere to the one-way systems.

      

Tophill Low has a wonderful and well-known reputation for being a friendly place with knowledgeable, approachable members and volunteers. It’s something we are proud of and hold close to our hearts. It’s important to us all that we see this friendly nature re-establish soon after we reopen but it is vital that everything is conducted at a safe distance so social distancing rules will still be in place, just like they will be elsewhere.

All our hides will be open under the premise that only one household bubble can be inside at a time. If we find this is not being respected, we are under clear instructions to close the hides which will make us have to reassess keeping the reserve open. With one bubble in a hide at a time, it will be up to our visitors to be courteous and communicate safely with one another to establish reasonable and fair usage of the hides to ensure everyone has a turn.

One of the greatest things we recall from the summer season last year were all the positive comments we received from visitors about other people’s respectful conduct and the overall friendly, safe atmosphere felt around the reserve. Even though there were a few occasions where we were let down, we have no doubt our safety measures, our hides and our visitor’s health will be respected when we reopen, and we are excited to welcome you back. Please bear in mind that Tophill Low is an important site for many reasons, it is loved and appreciated by so many and it would be a shame to have to put any more restriction in place limiting people’s enjoyment unnecessarily. We will be following the government's advice and hope to start removing the safety measures as the lockdown eases and when it is safe to do so.

 

The site has been relatively untouched since we shut the gates in early November. We survived another year of high flood risk with the riverbank nearly buckling again, this time by North Lagoon. The long rainfall coupled with the snow melt filled both the river Hull and Barmston drain and with nowhere else for the water to go, the surrounding land has been inundated for weeks. The new weak spot by North Lagoon had water spilling over and through the bank into both lagoons, sending water north through the woods on the red route and coming within inches of the Warden’s Hut, our workshop, and the toilets. Fortunately, the weather broke and after a week of dry weather and some sandbags diverting the flow through the southern marshes the lagoons and the woods have returned to normal and the Warden’s Hut building has lived to tell the tale!

Viewing screen at the bottom of the Reception Hide down ramp

The Bug Hunting Area

Red Route by Bug Hunting Area

Start of the Yellow Route

View from the river bank

River bank at North Lagoon 

Start of the Blue Route

Izzard Hide slipway

Without humans on the reserve, our paths and hides along with almost all our habitats have been left untouched and are very much doing their own thing. As many of you will be aware, we brought in a crack team of four legged specialists to help us manage the scrubs over winter hoping they’d help nibble things back into shape. The Boer goats have done a fantastic job, and will no doubt be overjoyed to have some company on the reserve once the gates are back open. Their friendly nature will soon be experienced by our visitors and the goats will waist no time in trying to make friends.

The herd will joined by at least 4 new babies soon

We predict that they will also try to lure, befriend, and trick you into feeding them, so despite their demands and carry on it’s important to note please do not feed the goats, this is for several reasons. Firstly, and most importantly, goats do not have top front teeth and therefore are prone to choking. By finding their own food the risk of choking and loosing any goats is vastly reduced. We also don’t want the goats getting into the habit of scrounging as not all our visitors will want this kind of attention and the goats are a valuable and effective tool in our arsenal when maintaining our scrub habitats. If they start relying on visitors for food, they will become less effective in the scrubs and likely become redundant. For their safety, their health and the benefit of our habitats please let them find their own food.

Over the coming weeks and once we have reopened, we will be constantly reviewing our safety measures to make sure we stay in line with the latest government advice and guidance. We will post updates about any changes via our blog, Facebook and Twitter so be sure to keep checking in as the easing of the lockdown progresses.

It’s a wonderful feeling being able to finally make this announcement and we’re excited to have the reserve back open. We look forward to having your support in ensuring we can do so safely.

See you all soon.