Damselflies a Plenty
The sun has definitely come out now and brought the insects out with it. The damselflies are now out in force with blue-tailed, azure and large red being seen in large numbers and four-spotted chasers are also on the wing. From a butterfly point of view we have peacock, small tortoiseshell, orange-tip, green-veined white, small copper. The Summer Meadow Walk just seems to be alive with insects just now waiting for you to discover or just to soak in the atmosphere.
One of our swan nests has produced a cygnet this week, we have found a brood of shoveler ducklings and lapwing chicks have been seen in the Lochar Field. A reed warbler was heard singing on the Peter Scott Trail this morning to add to our growing list of warblers.
Photo credit: Alex Hillier
Species around the Reserve
Mute Swan
Greylag geese
Canada Geese
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Shoveler
Wigeon
Teal
Goosander
Pheasant
Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Buzzard
Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Moorhen
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Black-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Snipe
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black Backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark
Sand Martin
House Martin
Barn Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Wheatear
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Wren
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Treecreeper
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Lessed Redpoll
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed Bunting
Hare
Roe Deer
Weasel
Stoat
Fox
