Wildlife Sightings for 3rd April 2025
Redshank, Green Sandpiper, and Snipe still on site. Sand Martin numbers increasing.
2 Common Snipe - wader scrape
2 Green Sandpiper- wader scrape
2 Redshank - marsh
2 Oystercatcher - main lake
1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon
1 Little Egret - wader scrape
25+ Sand Martin - across site
9 Chiffchaff - across site
7 Blackcap - reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon, wildside
The late-March Water Rail survey found 10 calling birds across the reserve - reedbed, reservoir lagoon, main lake, sheltered lagoon, and wildside.
Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Great Tit and Reed Bunting are all singing across the reserve from every patch of scrub and hedgerow.
Butterflies and other insects (end of March)- Early Bumblebee, White-tailed Bumblebee, Honey Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Tree Bumblebee, Green Hairstreak, Peacock, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Small White, Small Tortoishell, Comma, Speckled Wood, Bee-fly, Hoverfly sp.
