Reserve Update Thursday 9th June
Lapwing numbers are starting to creep up on Folly Pond with fledglings also present. Interestingly, small numbers of teal have also remained. The moorhen family have constructed a new nest which is best seen from the Farmhouse Tower.
Today's high tide is at 16:15 8.8m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Whooper Pond
Mallard 60
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Oystercatcher 2
Moorhen 1
Folly Pond
Lapwing 11
Shelduck 1
Teal 13
Grey Heron 1
Mallard 4 + 4 ducklings
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
House Martins
Teal Pond
Mallard 3
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Teal 1
Mallard 2
Gadwall 3
Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets
Black-headed Gull 2 - 1 pair still nesting
Lapwing 1
Oystercatcher 1
Grey Heron 3
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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