Reserve Update Sunday 6th August
Avenue Tower is the place to be this morning with a multitude of young birds present in the hawthorn tree at the entrance and also within the cover crop. The goldfinches are still yammering for their parents to feed them while a solitary juvenile spotted flycatcher was more independent. The willow warblers are looking right bonny with their sharp fresh plumage. Large flocks of linnets are still congregating down at Saltcot Merse Observatory and are worth a look.
Four snipe were spotted on the Folly Pond yesterday but no sign of them so far today. It is getting to that time wader numbers will begin to increase around the reserve.
Todays high tide is at 12:32, 8.4m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Elder flower
Dog Rose
Red Campion
Herb Robert
Common Vetch
Tufted Vetch
Forget-me-not
Mousear
Red Clover
Yellow Rattle
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Common Blue 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 - family with 4 young
Roe Deer - with fawns
Fox
Badger
Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Bat - evening
Wood Mouse
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 1
Mallard 19
Moorhen 2
Cormorant 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 8 - with ducklings
Moorhen 2
House Martins - 39 nests on Farmhouse Tower (youngsters now flying)
Teal Pond
Swallows nesting in the hide
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 2
Mallard 9
Avenue Tower
Mallard 20
Curlew 1
Lapwing 22
Teal 34
Mute Swan 2 & cygnet
Brown Hare 1
Roe Deer 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine
Kestrel
Osprey
Buzzard
Swallows nesting
Skylarks still singing occasionally
Linnets - flocks of up to 60
Canada Geese 100+
Greylag Geese 2
Hebridean Sheep 10
Longhorn Cattle 3
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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The camera is online between 10am and 5pm daily.
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