Skylarks Serenading
During our recent Breeding Bird Surveys out on the merse we have been greeted by a wonderful chorus of Skylarks and Meadow Pipits. For a fully immersive experience the best place to listen and appreciate is within the Saltcot Merse Observatory. While down there do keep your eyes peeled for a passing Marsh Harrier as one was seen again this morning. Elsewhere, the drake Garganey is still on Folly Pond and Reed Buntings are regular visitors down to the ponds in the Paddock.
Photo credit: Alex Hillier
High Tide: 12:44, 9.4m
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
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 8
Mallard 12
Black-headed Gull 2
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Lapwing 3
Moorhen 2
Teal 1
Pink footed Goose 1
Mute Swan 2
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1 nesting
Moorhen 2 with chicks
Mallard 1
Oystercatcher 1 nesting on raft
Swallows nest building in the hide
Avenue Tower
Barnacle Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Mallard
Teal
Wigeon
Shoveler
Gadwall
Redshank
Oystercatcher 2 nesting on raft
Snipe
Lapwing - nesting
Mute Swan - nesting
Grey Heron
Black-headed Gull - 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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