Reserve Update Saturday 25th June
The moorhen parents on Teal Pond are going to have an interesting time....eight chicks to look after! There are also swallow chicks hatching out in nests all over the reserve including within the Teal Pond Hide.
Elsewhere on the reserve, a female sparrowhawk was hunting down the avenues and loaning first thing this morning. The kingfisher was once again around back pond yesterday afternoon so keep your eyes peeled for that if visiting today.
Today's high tide is at 16:26 8.6m
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 58
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Oystercatcher 2
Grey Heron 1
Brown Hare 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 6 + 8 chicks
Moorhen 2 + 1 chicks
Grey Heron 1
Oystercatcher 1
House Martins
Teal Pond
Moorhen 2 + 8 chicks
Mallard 4 + 2 ducklings
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Teal 6
Mallard 2
Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets
Moorhen 1
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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