Wildlife sightings for 21st August 2022
2 Wood Sandpiper on the main lake
***PLEASE NOTE: MAIN LAKE ISLAND WORK WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON THE TUESDAY THE 23RD OF AUGUST. WE WILL BE KEEPING THE WORK TO THE WEST END OF THE LAKE TO AVOID DISTURBANCE TO THE REST OF THE LAKE.
Birds:
2 Wood Sandpiper - main lake
3 Green Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape, main lake, sheltered lagoon
3 Common Sandpiper - main lake
1 Wheatear - grazing marsh
3 Willow Warbler - south route, south route feeders, sheltered lagoon
5 Chiff Chaff - south route, wildside
15+ Swift - over main lake
15+ House Martin - over main lake
2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon
1 Snipe - main lake
3 Oystercatcher - main lake
5+ Teal - main lake
Butterflies: Small White, Large White, Green-veined White, Peacock, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Essex Skipper, Large Skipper, Gatekeeper.
Dragonflies/Damselflies: Lesser Emperor, Southern Hawker, Black-Tailed Skimmer, Emperor, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Large Red Damselfly, Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker (photo below)..
Other insects: Alder Leaf Beetle, Willow Leaf Beetle, Poplar Leaf Beetle, Wasp Beetle, Yellow Longhorn Beetle, Thick-Legged Flower Beetle, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Ruby-Tailed Wasp, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Cinnabar Moth, Yellow Underwing, Mother Shipton, Yellow-barred Longhorn, Silver Y Moth, Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Mint Moth, Jersey Tiger, Red Underwing, Six Spot Burnet, Marbled Beauty.
Flowering plants: Great Burnet, Salad Burnet, Agrimony, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Herb Robert, Bramble, Self-heal, Common Vetch, Tufted Vetch, Meadow Vetchling, Dog Rose, Common Mallow, Beaked Hawksbeard, Smooth Hawksbeard, Creeping Cinquefoil, White Water Lily, Flowering Rush, Arrowhead, Knapweed, Yellow Bartsia, Meadow-rue, Yellow Loosestrife, Square-stalked St John's Wort, Betony, Cat's Ear, Pond Sedges, Club-rushes, Bristly Ox-tongue, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Rough Hawkbit, Water Mint. Head to Wildside for the 'tall herb fen meadow' communities which include the purples/pinks of Marsh Woundwort, Purple Loosestrife and Willowherb.
