Wildlife Sightings for 27th June 2024
3 Peregrine flying over site. 1 Green Sandpiper on the main lake.
2 Oystercatcher + 3 chicks - main lake
1 Common Tern - main lake
1 Little Egret - wader scrape
1 Shoveler - wader scrape
10 Swifts - over site
1 Sparrowhawk - south route
2 Chiffchaff - wildside, south route
1 Tufted Duck brood (12 chicks) - wader scrape
1 Little Grebe + 2 juveniles - wader scrape
3 Peregrine - flying over SL and hospital
1 Green Sandpiper - main lake
Breeding birds (June): Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, Song Thrush, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Dunnock, Blackbird, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Sand Martin, Wren, Robin, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon, Water Rail, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Mallard, Gadwall, Mandarin, Lapwing, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot
Dragonflies: (June surveys) Norfolk Hawker, Emperor, Broad-bodied Chaser, Hairy Dragonfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Southern Hawker, Downy Emerald.
Butterflies: (18th June survey) Comma, Brimstone, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, Small Heath.
