Latest Sightings 27th July
Our Mute Swan family seem to have split up briefly, with the parents and 6 cygnets on the Whooper Pond and a lone cygnet on the Teal Pond this morning.
There is also a single cygnet on the Flood Ground, which is now back with it's parents.
All cygnets are doing well, getting larger every day.
Today's high tide 18:48 8.2m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Red Clover
White Clover
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Meadow Buttercup
Common Birds-foot Trefoil
Greater Birds-foot Trefoil
Forget-me-not
Germander Speedwell
Meadowsweet
Insects
Common Blue Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Small Heath Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Whooper Pond
Mallard 31
Grey Heron 1
Mute swan 2 + 6 large cygnets
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
Folly Pond
Mallard 24
Moorhen 2
Teal 6
Grey Heron 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Lapwing 1
House Martins
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1 cygnet
Moorhen 2
Mallard 20
Grey Heron 1
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 2 with 1 cygnet
Brown Hare 1
Roe Deer buck 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Swallow
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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