Reserve Update Wednesday 31st August
Great White Egret has moved up to Folly Pond this morning. It is joined by 118 Black-Tailed Godwits, 600 Teal, 33 Snipe, 24 Curlew, 3 Wigeon and 2 Pintail. The Peregrine Falcon and juvenile Marsh Harrier have both been observed down on the merse at Saltcot Observatory. There is also a single Pink-footed Goose mixed in with the Canada Goose flock.
Today's high tide 12:36 8.9m
Around the reserve today:
Insects
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Small Heath Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Whooper Pond
Mute swan 2 + 6 large cygnets
Mallard 140
Folly Pond
Great White Egret 1
Teal 598
Wigeon 3
Pintail 2
Mallard 14
Lapwing 1
Black-tailed Godwit 118
Snipe 33
Moorhen 2 + 3 chicks
Teal Pond
Teal 6
Mallard 20
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 1 + 1 chick
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 2 + 2 cygnets
Mallard 15
Brown Hare 2
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Juvenile Marsh Harrier
Canada Goose 300
Lapwing 25
Pink footed Goose 1
Peregrine Falcon 1♀
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Swallow
House Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Common Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The Ospreys have now fledged and are not returning to the nest very often so we will soon be starting our blog as we follow the satellite tagged chicks on their first migration.
As October approaches we will hopefully be switching to our winter webcam showing the Whooper Pond, where some 300 Whooper Swans will spend the winter.
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
