Black-tailed Godwit and Wheatear spotted on the reserve, Garganey still present on the wader scrape.
1 Black-tailed Godwit - main lake
1 Wheatear - grazing marsh
1 Garganey - wader scrape
1 Greenshank - grazing marsh
1 Little Egret - main lake
5 Snipe - wader scrape
1 Common Tern - main lake
1 Sparrowhawk - grazing marsh
15+ Swift
Please note: There will be essential habitat management works taking place on the wader scrape and grazing marsh from Monday 13th September - Friday 17th September, we apologise for any inconvenience/disturbance that this may cause.
Flowering plants: Bristly Ox-tongue, Broad-leaved Helleborine, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Cat's ear, Meadow Vetchling, Tufted Vetch, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Common Vetch, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Common Mallow, Ragwort, White Water-lily, Meadow Rue, Agrimony, Amphibious Bistort, Square-stalked St.John's Wort, Perforate St.John's Wort, Betony, Meadow-sweet, Self-heal, Marsh Woundwort, Yellow Loosestrife, Purple Loosestrife, Flowering Rush, Water-plantain, Fringed Water-lily, Yarrow, Black Medick, Hop Trefoil, Hare's-foot Clover, Water Mint, Hemp Agrimony, Figwort.
Butterflies: (late-August survey) Red Admiral, Large White, Green-veined White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Brimstone.
Dragonflies: (late-August survey) Emperor Dragonfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Migrant Hawker.