Recent Sightings - 1st July 2019
All the hot weather over the past week has made being out in the reserve a real joy; Butterflies and Burnett moths are becoming abundant and very active in the Brickworks grasslands. The young swallows are getting fattened up on all the insects flying around. You can often see them being fed by their parents whilst sitting on the bridges or fences around the reserve. And there is lots of diligent moth ducks watching over their ducklings on all of the lakes. How many Tufted Duck families can you see around our reserve? (Tufted duck pictured)
Count was taken at low tide.
Estuary – visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory
Black-headed Gull 7, Curlew 7, Little Egret 1
Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre
Mallard 37+ ducklings 8, Tufted Duck 4, Coot 2+ 2 chicks, Black-headed Gull c.60, Little Grebe 1
Shingle bank – visible from Sensory garden, Wadermarsh and Visitor Centre
Black-head Gull c.150, Mallard 4, Gadwall 2, Oystercatcher 225
Wadermarsh – visible from Wadermarsh lookout and Brent Hide
Black-headed Gull 32, Greylag 4 + 6 gosling
Freshwater Lagoon – visible from Brent Hide and Crannóg
Mallard 3, Tufted Duck 1+ 5 ducklings, Shelduck 1+8 young, Black-headed Gull c.350, Swallow 1
Saline Lagoon – visible from Limekiln observatory
Black-headed Gull c.50, Common Tern 1,
Limestone Lake
Little Egret 7
Peninsula Field and Saltmarsh
Shelduk 2
Brickworks
Jackdaw 1
Woodland
Blue tit, Great tit, Coal tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Dunnock, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Treecreeper
Butterflies
Speckled wood, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Cryptic Wood White, Six-Spot Burnett Moth
