Latest Sightings - 24th June
Another sunny morning on the reserve and still more young birds flitting around the Avenues. Mallard and Moorhen have recently hatched young on the Teal pond, so the breeding season is still in full swing!
The Mute Swan family with seven cygnets are making full use of the Whooper Pond at the moment, come up close for some free food.
Today's high tide is at 15:42 8.7m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Red Clover
White Clover
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Meadow Buttercup
Common Birds-foot Trefoil
Greater Birds-foot Trefoil
Forget-me-not
Germander Speedwell
Insects
Common Blue Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Small Heath Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
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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