Reserve Update Thursday 21st July
Natterjack Toad success at last!!! Staff have discovered tadpoles present in one of the pools on the wider reserve which is great news considering this year was looking like a washout for the species (or should that be a "dry out" considering the heatwave in June!)
Down at Avenue Tower the newly re-seeded field is proving to be a draw for a range of species. This morning 27 Greylag Geese and 15 Curlew were foraging/resting here.
Today's high tide is at 14:06, 9.0m
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 14
Mute Swan 2 + 7 large cygnets (Back Pond)
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 2
Folly Pond
Mallard 36 + 8 chicks
Teal 6
Moorhen 2
Grey Heron 1
Mute Swan 3
House Martins
Teal Pond
Moorhen 2 + 1 chick
Mallard 26
Grey Heron 1
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
26 Greylag Geese
15 Curlew
Mute Swan 2 with 1 large cygnet
3 Longhorn Cattle
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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