Reserve Update Wednesday 15th June - Kingfisher on Teal Pond
This mornings excitement saw a kingfisher being mobbed by swallows whilst flying over Teal Pond. The swallows were able to dunk it in the pond once but the kingfisher successfully flew out of the danger zone and perched up at the edge of the pond next to the start of the summer walk. It was last seen still within this area (and definitely avoiding the central part of the pond!)
Today's high tide is at 09:26 7.6m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Red Clover
Lesser Trefoil
Whooper Pond
Mallard 75
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets (Back Pond)
Oystercatcher 2
Moorhen 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 4 + 4 ducklings
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
House Martins
Teal Pond
Kingfisher
Mallard 5 + 2 ducklings
Moorhen 1
Little Grebe 1
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Mallard 2
Teal 2
Shelduck 2
Heron 1
Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets
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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