Tree Sparrows Nesting
We have recently been doing surveys of our nestboxes on site to discover what is using them. Apart from the usual Blue Tits and Great Tits we also have our Tree Sparrows back nesting around the feeders in the Peter Scott Trail. In a turn up for the books they also appear to be using one of the nestboxes down the Avenue for the first time. Elsewhere it is a day for a pairs with a pair of Gadwall, a pair of Shoveler and a pair of Teal on Folly Pond.
Photo credit: Alex Hillier
High Tide: 17:36, 7.5m
Opening times:
10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Dog Violet
Bluebell
Red Campion
Marsh Marigold
Lesser Celandine
Greater Stitchwort
Bluebells
Ramsons
Hawthorn
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Orange-tip Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Green-veined White Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Small White Butterfly
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Buff tailed Bumblebee
White tailed Bumblebee
7-spot Ladybird
11-spot Ladybird
Large Red Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Mammals
Badger
Fox
Otter
Brown Hare
Mole
Wood Mouse
Bank Vole
Field Vole
Weasel
Stoat
Pipistrelle Bat
Whooper Pond
Mallard 10
Grey Heron 1
Canada Goose 1
Moorhen 1
Folly Pond
Shelduck 5
Mallard 7
Oystercatcher 1
Shelduck 2
Gadwall 3
Shoveler 2
Teal 3
Lapwing 2
Moorhen 2
Mute Swan 2
Grey Heron
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 2 nesting
Oystercatcher 2 nesting on raft
Swallows nest building in the hide
Avenue Tower
Barnacle Goose
Greylag Goose
Mallard
Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Oystercatcher nesting on raft
Mute Swan with cygnets
Black-headed Gull - nesting
Lapwing - nesting
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Marsh Harrier
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Linnet
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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