Latest Sightings - 24th June
It's turning out to be a bright and sunny morning here, with a bit of a breeze.
Still more young birds along the Avenues and in the hides. The Swallows in the Teal Pond hide have fledged 5 youngsters yesterday, they were still hopping around inside the hide.
A group of 10 Teal are on the Folly Pond, possibly failed breeders already moving back south..?
Todays high tide is at 13:00, 9.7m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Elder flower
Guelder Rose
Dog Rose
Red Campion
Cuckoo Flower
Herb Robert
Northern March Orchids
Common Spotted Orchid
Lesser Trefoil
Common Vetch
Tufted Vetch
Forget-me-not
Mousear
Red Clover
White Clover
Yellow Rattle
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Green-veined White Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell
Large Red Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Four Spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Early Bumblebee
Tree Bumblebee
Common Carder Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Beefly
Drinker Moth caterpillar
Mammals
Brown Hare
Weasel
Roe Deer
Fox
Badger
Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Bat - evening
Wood Mouse
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 2
Mute Swan 2 plus 4 cygnets
Mallard 29
Tufted Duck 1
Canada Goose 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 8
Moorhen 2 & 2 chicks
Shelduck 6
Oystercatcher 2
Black-headed Gull 1
House Martins nesting on Farmhouse Tower
Teal Pond
Swallows - with 4 chicks on the left hand side and above entrance - enter slowly and quietly
Oystercatcher 2
Moorhen 2
Mallard 3 - with ducklings
Avenue Tower
Black-headed Gull 10 - nesting & with chicks
Shelduck 6
Greylag Goose 1
Moorhen 2
Brown Hare 5
Roe Deer 2
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine
Kestrel
Osprey
Buzzard
Skylarks singing
Hebridean Sheep 10
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
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Osprey Webcam
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