Wildlife Sightings for 25th September 2024
Skylark and Meadow Pipit flying NW over site. 6 Snipe on the marsh
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake
6 Snipe - marsh
1 Kingfisher - wader scrape
1 Wheatear - Tundra (world wetlands)
4 Meadow Pipit - flying over NW
2 Skylark - flying over NW
12 Chiffchaff - across site
30 House Martin - over
1 Hobby - wildside
1 Kestrel - wildside
120 Shoveler- site total
Cetti's Warblers, Reed Buntings and Reed Warblers can be found in the reedbed and any other reed fringes. Look for Sedge Warblers at the scrubby edges of the marsh, reservoir lagoon and main lake. Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs are active in the scrublands of wildside, south route and sheltered lagoon. Watch the electric fences around the marsh for perching Whinchat or Stonechat.
Dragonflies: (September 8th survey) Migrant Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly.
Butterflies: (September 20th survey) Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Small Copper, Common Blue.
