Wildlife sightings for 18th July 2021
2 Whinchat and Shoveler brood on the grazing marsh.
2 Oystercatcher + juv - main lake
2 Whinchat - grazing marsh
1 Shoveler + juv - grazing marsh
1 Kestrel - sheltered lagoon
2 Common Tern - main lake
2 Little Egret - reservoir lagoon
6 Teal - main lake, wader scrape
Flowering plants: Beaked Hawksbeard, Bristly Ox-tongue, Rough Hawkbit, Viper's Bugloss, Deptford Pink, Meadow Vetchling, Grass Vetchling, Tufted Vetch, Marsh Marigold, Forget-me-not, Bee Orchid, Southern Marsh Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Ragged Robin, Daisy, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Red Campion, White Campion, Green Alkanet, Common Vetch, Herb Robert, Ox-eye Daisy, Creeping Buttercup, Celery-leaved Buttercup, Jack-by-the-hedge, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yellow Rattle, Herb Bennett, Common Mallow, Ragwort, Yellow Iris, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Round-leaved Crane's-bill, White Water-lily, Meadow Rue, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Amphibious Bistort, Greater and Lesser Pond Sedge, Pendulous Sedge, Cyperus Sedge, Glaucous Sedge, False Fox Sedge, Tussock Sedge, Common Spike-rush, Hard Rush, Soft Rush, Square-stalked St.John's Wort, Betony, Meadow-sweet, Self-heal, Marsh Woundwort, Yellow Loosestrife, Purple Loosestrife, Flowering Rush.
Butterflies: (mid-July survey) Comma, Brimstone, Red Admiral, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Essex Skipper, Small Tortoishell.
Dragonflies: (mid-July surveys) Azure Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Banded Demoiselle, Common Blue Damselfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Norfolk Hawker (see photo below).
