Wildlife sightings for 30th September 2020
Stonechat showing well on the grazing marsh, Siskin and Meadow Pipit overhead.
18 Lesser Redpoll - sheltered lagoon
1 Bittern - main lake N shore
1 Kingfisher - wader scrape
4 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape
2 Stonechat - grazing marsh
3 Meadow Pipit - over South
3 Siskin - over South West, sheltered lagoon
25+ Goldfinch - entrance area
31 Greylag Goose - main lake, grazing marsh
7 Chiffchaff - South route, sheltered lagoon, wildside
Dragonflies: (late September) Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker.
Wildflowers: (late September) Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yarrow, Purple Loosestrife, Flowering Rush, Field Scabious, Devil's-bit Scabious, Wild Carrot.
Reptiles: (19th September survey) Slow worms (11 juveniles, 25 female, 2 male); 2 Grass snakes; 2 Common Lizard.
