Reserve Update Thursday 16th June - Stoat at Corner field

Swifts overhead the Farmhouse Tower, stoat at entrance to Corner field and swan cygnets on Whooper Pond....not a bad way to start the day!

Today's high tide is at 10:24  7.8m


Around the reserve today:

Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Red Clover
Lesser Trefoil

Whooper Pond
Mallard 56
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Oystercatcher 2
Heron 1

Folly Pond
Lapwing 1
Oystercatcher 1
Moorhen 2 + 1 chicks
House Martins

Teal Pond
Mallard 2 + 2 ducklings
Little Grebe 1
Heron 1
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly

Avenue Tower
Mallard 3 + 7 chicks
Teal 2
Shelduck 7
Heron 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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