Garganey still on Folly
Well it looks like the drake Garganey is making himself at home on our Folly Pond, back again this morning. Still a few Black-tailed Godwits remaining too, looking lovely in their breeding plumage, and good numbers of Shelduck. There were reports yesterday that the Lapwing present in the surrounding field had hatched out a brood of chicks with four observed so keep your eyes peeled for that. The Flood Ground is also looking good with Black-headed Gulls and Oystercatcher making use of the rafts (the same raft in one instance!). Four drake Gadwall are present along with Mallard, a drake Wigeon, a drake Shoveler and one Barnacle Goose out in the field!
Photo credit: Alex Hillier
High Tide: 14:47, 9.1m
Opening times:
10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Primrose
Cuckoo Flower
Dog Violet
Bluebell
Red Campion
Marsh Marigold
Lesser Celandine
Greater Stitchwort
Bluebells
Ramsons
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 7
Moorhen 1
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 1
Folly Pond
Garganey Male 1
Shelduck 10
Mallard 15
Black-headed Gull 2
Black-tailed Godwit 3
Lapwing 2
Moorhen 2
Greylag Goose 2
Mute Swan 2
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1 nesting with 2 others present on the Pond
Oystercatcher 1 nesting on raft
Swallows nest building in the hide
Avenue Tower
Barnacle Goose 1
Mallard 17
Wigeon 1
Shoveler 1
Gadwall 4
Oystercatcher 2 nesting on raft
Mute Swan 2 with cygnets
Black-headed Gull 17 - nesting
Lapwing - nesting
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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