Baby Bird Bonanza
In addition to the juvenile birds mentioned in previous posts, yesterday we had our first sighting of a Tree Sparrow chick around the feeders in the Peter Scott Trail. We were also hoping for the flip flap of little Tree Sparrow wings down the Avenue but it appears that the Great Tits won nesting rights in that nestbox in the end. We have also observed three Gadwall ducklings on Back Pond which marks the second year that they have bred successfully on this pond. There are currently plenty of Mallard ducklings to be seen on Folly Pond right now.
Photo Credit: Alex Hillier
High Tide: 10:45, 8.6m
Opening times:
10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Lesser Trefoil
Yellow Rattle
Red Campion
Greater Stitchwort
Dog Rose
Guelder Rose
Bugle
Creeping Buttercup
Meadow Buttercup
Northern Marsh Orchid
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Orange-tip Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Green-veined White Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Small White Butterfly
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Buff tailed Bumblebee
White tailed Bumblebee
7-spot Ladybird
11-spot Ladybird
Large Red Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Mammals
Badger
Fox
Otter
Brown Hare
Mole
Wood Mouse
Bank Vole
Field Vole
Weasel
Stoat
Pipistrelle Bat
Whooper Pond
Mallard 13
Canada Goose 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 5
Gadwall 1
Teal 8
Moorhen 2
Shelduck 1
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 4
Teal Pond
Oystercatcher 1
Grey Heron 1
Mallard 1
Swallows - chicks in nest
Avenue Tower
Mallard
Wigeon
Gadwall
Oystercatcher now with chicks
Mute Swan with cygnets
Black-headed Gull - nesting
Lapwing with chicks
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Marsh Harrier
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Linnet
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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