Latest Sightings - 12th June - Fox on the Folly Pond

The sun is just breaking through the cloud this morning, and it is still very warm despite some rain last night.

A large male Fox was causing some disturbance on the Folly Pond first thing.

There are a few Roe Deer around the reserve, they should already have given birth to kids or will be soon.

Today's high tide is at 18:51  7.6m


Around the reserve today:

Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Meadow Buttercup
Birds-foot Trefoil
Hawthorn flowers

Whooper Pond
Mallard 59
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Oystercatcher 2

Folly Pond
Mallard 2
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
Grey Heron 3
House Martins
Fox 1 at 8:30

Teal Pond
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
Mallard 4 + 5 ducklings
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly

Avenue Tower
Wigeon 1
Mallard 2
Shelduck 1
Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets
Oystercatcher 1
Roe Deer 2

Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Warbler
Garden Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Whitethroat

Swallow
Sand Martin
House Martin

Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker

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