Wildlife sightings for 30th June 2021
Little Ringed Plover on the main lake.
1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake
8 Teal - wader scrape, main lake
4 Shoveler - wader scrape
2 Oystercatcher - main lake
1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital
20+ Swift - feeding over main lake
Reptiles: (22nd May survey) 5 Grass Snake, 95 Slow Worm, 1 Common Lizard (juvenile).
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: (late June) Brimstone, Red Admiral, Large White, Small White, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Peacock, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Brown Argus.
Dragonflies: (late June) Azure Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Norfolk Hawker, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer, Four-spotted Chaser (see below), Banded Demoiselle, Southern Hawker, Red-eyed Damselfly.
