Latest Sightings - 7th June
Another scorcher of a morning. The reserve is getting very dry and managing water levels is getting tricky.
The Mute Swan family with 7 cygnets are on the Whooper Pond, the youngsters growing quickly!
Today's high tide is at 13:56 9.6m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Whooper Pond
Mallard 61
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Mallard 4 + 4 ducklings
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
House Martins
Teal Pond
Little Grebe 2 - hatched 3 chicks
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Teal 5
Wigeon 1
Mallard 15
Gadwall 4
Mute Swan 2 - with 5 cygnets
Black-headed Gull 20 - 8 nests
Lapwing 1
Oystercatcher 1
Grey Heron 10
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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