Friday 26th August - Marsh Harrier and Tawny Owl
The young male Marsh Harrier was around again yesterday, flying over the Flood Ground and around the Avenue Tower.
Tawny Owl was in the Farmhouse Garden again last night.
Today's high tide 19:40 7.9m
Around the reserve today:
Insects
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Small Heath Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Whooper Pond
Mute swan 2 + 7 large cygnets
Mallard 140
Moorhen 1 + 2 chick
Grey Heron 1
Cormorant 2
Folly Pond
Teal 600
Wigeon 2
Pintail 2
Shoveler 30
Mallard 24
Lapwing 70
Snipe 13
Moorhen 2 + 3 chicks
Teal Pond
Teal 55
Mallard 20
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 1 + 1 chick
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 3 + 1 cygnet
Mallard 15
Canada Goose 120
Roe Deer 1
Brown Hare 2
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Osprey 1 on the mud
Peregrine Falcon 1♀
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
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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Osprey Webcam
The Ospreys have now fledged and are not returning to the nest very often so we will soon be starting our blog as we follow the satellite tagged chicks on their first migration.
As October approaches we will hopefully be switching to our winter webcam showing the Whooper Pond, where some 300 Whooper Swans will spend the winter.
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk
