Latest Sightings - Saturday 13th May - Oystercatcher chicks!
A wet start, but it doesn't seem to bother the birds and we could do with a bit of water to top the ponds up!
After a minor scare yesterday when we couldn't see any Oystercatchers on the Flood Ground, happily they are still there feeding at least 2 chicks!
This photo of the family was taken by Dan Gornall on Thursday.
The first Cuckoo of the year was heard calling last night from the north of the reserve, and an Otter was seen in the Lochar Water alongside the Summer Walk!
House Martins are very busy collecting mud from the Folly Pond to build their nests on the Farmhouse Tower. You can get fantastic views from the top of the tower.
Todays high tide is at 14:41, 8.8m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 2
Wildflowers
Hawthorn
Ramsons
Red Campion
Cuckoo Flower
Bluebells
Primrose
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Orange Tip Butterfly
Large Red Damselfly
Early Bumblebee
Tree Bumblebee
Common Carder Bee
Beefly
Drinker Moth caterpillar
Common Blue Damselfly
Mammals
Brown Hare
Weasel
Roe Deer
Fox
Badger
Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Bat - evening
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 2
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 15
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Mallard 15
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
Lapwing 1
Black-headed Gull 1
Shelduck 2
Teal Pond
Little Grebe 2 - nesting
Mute Swan 2 - nesting
Moorhen 2
Mallard 2
Swallows - nest building in the hide - enter slowly and quietly
Oystercatcher 1 - possibly nesting on the raft
Avenue Tower
Barnacle Geese 2
Mute Swan 2 nesting
Wigeon 4
Lapwing 8 - nesting
Black-headed Gull 8 - nesting
Oystercatcher 2 + 2 chicks
Shelduck 6
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine
Kestrel
Osprey
Buzzard
Skylarks singing
Barnacle Geese
Hebridean Sheep 10
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
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