Wildlife sightings for 8th August 2021
Female sparrowhawk perched on the grazing marsh
22 Shoveler - wader scrape, main lake
14 Teal - wader scrape, main lake
Pochard brood of 2 - main lake
1 Sparrowhawk - grazing marsh
30+ Swift - feeding over main lake and reservoir lagoon
Flowering plants: Beaked Hawksbeard, Bristly Ox-tongue, Broad-leaved Helleborine, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Cat's ear, Meadow Vetchling, Tufted Vetch, Southern Marsh Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Daisy, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Red Campion, White Campion, Green Alkanet, Common Vetch, Herb Robert, Jack-by-the-hedge, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yellow Rattle, Common Mallow, Ragwort, White Water-lily, Meadow Rue, 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, 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: (5th August survey) Red Admiral, Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small Tortoishell, Common Blue.
Dragonflies: (5th August survey) Azure Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Banded Demoiselle.
