Wildlife Sightings for 5th July 2023
A Juvenile Cuckoo on the wader scrape. Little Ringed Plover on the main lake. 4 Sedge Warbler singing on the marsh
1 Juvenile Cuckoo - wader scrape
1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake
2 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape
1 Little Egret - flew up from the marsh
Tufted Duck brood - wader scrape
1 Hobby -main lake
4 Sedge Warbler - marsh
6 Reed Bunting - reedbeds
5 Swallow - marsh
40+ Swift - over site
2 House Martin - peacock tower
25+ Sand Martin - over the main lake
13 Lapwing - main lake
Lots of juvenile birds around the site including Great Spotted Woodpecker on South Route feeders and Grey Wagtail in with the otters.
Odonata: Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Norfolk Hawker, Broad-bodied Chaser, Four Spot Chaser, Downy Emerald, Emperor, Lesser Emperor, Black Tailed Skimmer, Hairy Dragonfly, Blue-tailed/Azure/Common Blue, Willow Emerald, Beautiful Demoiselle 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, Marbled White, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Gatekeeper.
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, Hummingbird Hawk-Moth, Six-Spot Burnet.
