Wildlife sightings for w/c 31st August 2020
Yellow Wagtails, Spotted Flycatcher, Swallows, Willow Warblers and migrant waders on the reserve
2 Snipe - marsh (1st)
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake, reservoir lagoon (1st)
2 Kingfisher - wildside (31st)
20 House Martin - over S (31st)
1 Common Tern - main lake (31st)
11 Swallow - over S+SE (1st)
3 Kestrel - sheltered lagoon (1st)
2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh (1st)
1 Spotted Flycatcher - world wetlands (31st)
3 Willow Warbler - south route (1st)
5 Chiffchaff - south route, sheltered lagoon (31st/1st)
Dragonflies: (August) Common Blue Damselfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Brown Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly (photo below), Common Darter.
Butterflies: (August) Common Blue, Comma, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small White, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood, Jersey Tiger Moth.
Wildflowers and grasshoppers: Tufted Vetch, Common Fleabane, Lady's Bedstraw, Meadow Vetchling, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yarrow, Purple Loosestrife, Marsh Woundwort, Flowering Rush, The grasslands and scrublands attract Roesel's Bush-cricket, Cone-heads, Meadow Grasshopper, Common Field Grasshopper and Dark Bush Cricket.
Reptiles and amphibians: Slow worm (juveniles) spotted by Pond Zone; 5 Marsh Frogs in the 'Tundra' channel in World Wetlands; lots of Marsh Frogs calling from wildside ponds on sunny days.
