Wildlife Sightings for 8th June 2023
Swifts and Sand Martins over the main lake. Kestrel by the visitor centre.
2 Oystercatcher + 2 chicks - main lake
4 Common Tern - main lake
30+ Swift - over site
1 Kestrel - over the visitor centre
14 Gadwall - main lake
9 Stock Dove - entrance lake
106 - 162 Sand Martin - 53 active nests (an additional 145 chicks and 88 eggs)
6 Sedge Warbler - main lake, reservoir lagoon, reedbed
7 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
Odonata: Broad Bodied 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, Small Copper, Brown Argus
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
Birds on the feeders: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Green Finch, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Dunnock
