Wildlife sightings for 11th September 2022
2 Whinchat, Stonechat and great passage of Warblers. After the past week of rains, the reserve is leafy green and has burst into life.
Birds
1 Yellow Wagtail - main lake
1 Kingfisher - main lake
1 Hobby - hunting over
1 Stonechat - wader scrape
2 Whinchat - grazing marsh
2 Common Sandpiper - main lake
2 Green Sandpiper - main lake
4 Snipe - main lake
1 Goldcrest - wet woodlands
3+ Willow Warbler - south route
25+ Chiff Chaff - south route, wildside, entrance lakes
25+ House Martin - east bank
The good fall of warblers continues with plenty of feeding activity along summer route, south route and in wildside.
Dragonflies/Damselflies: Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker.
