Wildlife Sightings for 15th September 2024
Common Sandpiper and Snipe on the scrape. Redstart reported.
3 Common Sandpiper - Main lake, wader scrape
4 Snipe - wader scrape, marsh
1 Little Egret - wader scrape
2 Little Grebe - wader scrape
1 Kingfisher -over main lake from peacock tower
1 Kestrel - south route
1 Redstart - reported on site by a visitor
Cetti's Warblers, Reed Buntings and Reed Warblers can be found in the reedbed and any other reed fringes. Look for Sedge Warblers at the scrubby edges of the marsh, reservoir lagoon and main lake. Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs are active in the scrublands of wildside, south route and sheltered lagoon. Watch the electric fences around the marsh for perching Whinchat or Stonechat.
Dragonflies: (September 8th survey) Migrant Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly.
Butterflies: (September 8th survey) Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Brown Hairstreak.
