Reserve Update Friday 17th June
Plenty of Grey Herons around the reserve this morning, with one individual doing battle with an eel in Teal Pond. When around Teal Pond and the Summer Walk keep your ears peeled for the distinctive song of the male Reed Buntings.
Today's high tide is at 11:13 8.0m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Red Clover
Lesser Trefoil
Tufted Vetch
Whooper Pond
Mallard 23
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets (Back Pond)
Moorhen 1
Heron 2
Folly Pond
Lapwing 2
Heron 2
Moorhen 2 + 1 chicks
Mallard 3
House Martins
Teal Pond
Mallard 3 + 2 ducklings
Little Grebe 1
Heron 2
Moorhen 2 + 1 chick
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Mallard 3 + 7 chicks
Teal 1
Shelduck 2
Heron 2
Oystercatcher 2
Moorhen 1
Longhorn cattle 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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