First Wigeon of the Autumn
Good duck numbers across the site this morning.
1 Garganey - main lake
9 Wigeon - main lake
83 Gadwall - site count
63 Shoveler - site count
61 Teal - site count
1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh
2 Common Sandpiper - main lake
5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape
1 Peregrine - flew over the South route
August bird highlights: Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Peregrine, Kestrel, Hobby, Little Egret, Common Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Garganey, Wheatear, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail.
Migrant waders like Green Sandpiper and Black-tailed Godwit are dropping in daily on their way to wintering grounds. Wintering duck like Teal, Gadwall and Shoveler continue to arrive towards the end of August. The wader scrape and main lake are the best waterbodies to check for migrant waders. Other migrants on the move include Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, Swallow, House Martin, Swift, Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Yellow Wagtail.
Flowering plants: (late August) Bird's-foot Trefoil, White Water-lily, Marsh Woundwort, Purple Loosestrife, Meadow Vetchling, Common Vetch, Self-heal, Hop Trefoil, Common Knapweed, Betony, Tufted Vetch, Figwort, Lady's Bedstraw, Great Burnet, Yellow Loosestrife.
Invertebrates: (August) Rose Chafer, Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, White-tailed Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Comma, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Small White, Large White, Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Common Blue, Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle, Black-striped Longhorn Beetle, Umbellifer Longhorn Beetle, Plum Longhorn Beetle, Stag Beetle, Common Zebra Spider, Wasp Spider, Lesser Emperor (3), Brown Hawker, Azure Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfy, Broad-bodied Chaser, Large Red Damselfly, Norfolk Hawker (see 1st photo below), Black-tailed Skimmer, Willow Emerald, Scarce Chaser (see 3rd photo below), Marbled White, Long-winged Conehead, Dark Bush-cricket (see 2nd photo below).
Moths (July 17th and 24th moth trap results) - Vapourer, Yellow Shell, Brown-veined Wainscot, Black Arches, Canary-shouldered Thorn, Tree-lichen Beauty, Common Carpet, Single-dotted Wave, Common Footman, Burnished Brass, Copper Underwing, Rustic, Dusky Sallow, Chilo, Obscure Wainscot, Dark Sword-grass, Pebble Prominent, Rosy-striped Knot-horn, Scarce Footman, Silver Y, Webb's Wainscot, European Corn-borer, Rosy Footman, Least Carpet, Dark Umber, Dusky Thorn, Gold Spot, Jersey Tiger.
