Eclipse is Coming
No, this is not anything celestial related but the Autumn moult of duck species. Already the Mallard and the Shoveler are starting to look decidedly worn in appearance. It is a rather strange summer as we still seem to have small numbers of our winter ducks around. There are thirteen Teal on Folly Pond today, a solitary Tufted Duck was on Whooper Pond at closing time last night and we even had a drake Pintail and some Wigeon earlier on the week on Folly Pond.
Photo Credit: Alex Hillier
High Tide: 11:38, 8.8m
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
Woody Nightshade
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 5
Canada Goose 1
Mute Swan 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 6
Shoveler 2
Teal 13
Moorhen 2
Shelduck 1
Oystercatcher 1
Grey Heron 1
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 8
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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