Wildlife sightings for 17th October 2020

Skylark on the move, flying over the site heading West.

4 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape

3 Fieldfare - wildside

2 Skylark - flew over heading West

7 Chiffchaff - wildside, South route

1 Peregrine - over the grazing marsh

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Dragonflies: (late September) Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker.

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Wildflowers: (late September) Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yarrow, Purple Loosestrife, Flowering Rush, Field Scabious, Devil's-bit Scabious, Wild Carrot.

Reptiles: (19th September survey) Slow worms (11 juveniles, 25 female, 2 male); 2 Grass snakes; 2 Common Lizard

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