Reserve Update Thursday 3rd August
Decided autumnal feel to the place this last couple of days. One black-tailed godwit was feeding on folly Pond first thing this morning and eight curlew, two lapwing and 56 teal were present in the Flood Ground Teal next to Avenue Tower. Highlight from the Avenue Tower was the presence of a rather wet and bedraggled Kestrel on one of the windowsills with another individual observed gliding behind.
There are still a number of birds that are ignoring the bad weather and continuing with raising young. Blackbirds and Sedge Warblers have been seen carrying food to young in nests down the Avenue walk. The Swallow was once again sitting on the nest in teal Pond hide this morning which may indicate an attempt for a second brood.
Todays high tide is at 09:06, 7.4m
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
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 2
Folly Pond
Mallard 25 - with ducklings
Moorhen 4
Black-tailed Godwit 1
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
Kestrel 2
Lapwing 2
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 20
Curlew 8
Greylag Goose 1
Teal 56
Mute Swan 2
Coot 1
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
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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