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Wildlife sightings for 28th August 2021

Redstart, Dunlin, Greenshank, Redshanks and large influx of duck recorded today

Wildlife sightings for 28th August 2021

1 Dunlin - main lake

2 Redshank - main lake

8 Snipe - scrape, main lake

1 Greenshank - marsh

1 Garganey - scrape

123 Shoveler - main lake, scrape

137 Gadwall - main lake, scrape

79 Teal - main lake, scrape

1 Little Egret - main lake

1 Redstart - scrape bank

18 Swift

45 House Martin

39 Sand Martin

** 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 and 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.

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