Wildlife sightings for 8th September 2024
Green and Common Sandpipers, Kingfishers and a good fall of Warblers overnight
2 Common Sandpiper - main lake
3 Green Sandpiper - marsh, scrape
6 Snipe - marsh, scrape, main lake
1 Little Egret - main lake, marsh
155 Shoveler - main lake, scrape
131 Gadwall - main lake, scrape, sheltered lagoon
122 Teal - scrape, main lake
70 Pochard - main lake, reservoir lagoon
6 Wigeon - main lake
4 Water Rail - reedbed, reservoir lagoon
2 Kingfisher - reservoir lagoon, main lake
3 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon (part of a mixed flock of warblers in the peacock tower scrublands a.m.)
2 Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon (see above - mixed flock)
9 Blackcap - mostly sheltered lagoon (see above - mixed flock)
1 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon (see above - mixed flock)
27 Chiffchaff - across the reserve but mostly sheltered lagoon (see above - mixed flock)
Cetti's Warblers, Reed Buntings and Reed Warblers can be found in the reedbed and any other reed fringes. Look for Sedge Warblers at the scrubby edges of the marsh, reservoir lagoon and main lake. Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs are active in the scrublands of wildside, south route and sheltered lagoon. Watch the electric fences around the marsh for perching Whinchat or Stonechat.
Dragonflies: (September 8th survey) Migrant Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly.
Butterflies: (September 8th survey) Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Brown Hairstreak.
