Wildlife sightings for 3rd September 2021
Good number of Yellow Wagtail feeding on the marsh and passing through
18 Yellow Wagtail - some on marsh and some flying over SW
6 Snipe - main lake, scrape
1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake
1 Greenshank - scrape
1 Kestrel - marsh
1 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon
1 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon
7 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, south route, wildside
27 House Martin - reservoir lagoon
3 Swallow - reservoir lagoon/marsh
10 Swift - over main lake
1 Garganey - scrape
31 Teal - scrape, main lake
50 Shoveler - scrape, main lake
88 Gadwall - scrape, main lake
(late reported yesterday's sightings - 3 Common Sandpiper (main lake), 1 Ringed Plover (main lake), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (sheltered lagoon).
** 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.
