Reserve Update Monday 25th July
The osprey chicks are proving to be a very entertaining spectacle on the big screen for visitors to the coffee shop on the reserve. They are getting more experienced with their flying and have started to feed themselves on the plentiful fish stocks that their parents are bringing in to the nest.
The seeds from the dock plants growing around Folly Pond are proving to be a big draw for many species including Whinchat, Meadow Pipit, Linnet and Reed Bunting.
Today's high tide 16:57, 8.8m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Red Clover
White Clover
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Meadow Buttercup
Common Birds-foot Trefoil
Greater Birds-foot Trefoil
Forget-me-not
Germander Speedwell
Meadowsweet
Insects
Common Blue Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Small Heath Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Whooper Pond
Mallard 21
Grey Heron 2
Cormorant 1
Mute swan 2 + 6 large cygnets
Moorhen 2 + 1 chick
Folly Pond
Mallard 45
Mute swan 1
Moorhen 2
Teal 6
Grey Heron 1
Lapwing 1
House Martins
Teal Pond
Moorhen 2
Mallard 5
Grey Heron 1
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 2 with 1 large cygnet
Brown Hare 1
Roe Deer buck 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Whitethroat
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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