Wildlife Sightings for 17th June 2023
Green Sandpiper on the main lake and some Swift over head.
1 Green Sandpiper - main lake
1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake
2 Oystercatcher - main lake
4 Common Tern - main lake
1 Kestrel - over sheltered lagoon
4 Sedge Warbler - south route, marsh
5 Chiffchaff - wildside, south route, sheltered lagoon
11 Swift - over the main lake
126 - 170 Sand Martin - flying over (+141 chicks)
Lots of juvenile birds feeding around the site. Juvenile blue tit, great tit and long tailed tits feeding in flocks in the small woodlands around the reserve. Juvenile Goldcrest have been seen on family excursions through the coniferous trees. 2 Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker. Juvenile Song Thrush and Blackbirds in the dense thickets and quiet corners. Keep an eye out for Common Tern chicks and Lapwing chicks too, the latter being very difficult to spot amongst dense marshy vegetation.
Odonata: Common Darter, Norfolk Hawker, Broad Bodied Chaser, Four Spot Chaser, Downy Emerald, Emperor, Black Tailed Skimmer, Hairy Dragonfly, Blue-tailed/Azure/Common Blue/Large Red Damselflies
Butterflies: Green Hairstreak, Peacock, Comma, Orange Tip, Small White, Large White, Green-veined White, Brimstone, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Small Copper, Meadow Brown
Bees and other insects: Red Mason Bee, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Early Bumblebee, Tree Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Bee-fly, Hover Fly sp, Rustic Sailor Beetle, Red Headed Cardinal Beetle, Thick Legged Flower Beetle, Stag Beetle, Cinnabar Moth
