Wildlife Sightings for 25th May 2023

Common Sandpiper on the wader scrape. Common Terns on the reservoir lagoon. A few reed warblers singing along the south route.

2 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon

1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape

2 Oystercatcher - main lake

2 Mandarin, 1 female and 1 chick - wader scrape

6 Sedge Warbler - main lake, reservoir lagoon, reedbed

8 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon, reservoir lagoon

62 Reed Warbler - across site

10 Reed Bunting - reedbed, reservoir lagoon, main lake, sheltered lagoon

16 Cetti's Warbler - across site

5-10 Swift - over main lake and reservoir lagoon

Odonata: Hairy Dragonfly, Blue-tailed/Azure/Large Red Damselflies

Butterflies: Green Hairstreak, Peacock, Comma, Orange Tip, Small White, Large White, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Brimstone, Small Tortoishell

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.

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