Visits from migrating waders
We have had brilliant wader sightings this week: 1 wood sandpiper, 6 x black-tailed godwits, 3 x spotted redshank, and 3 x green sandpipers.
With the arrival of some much welcomed rain here at the reserve, we have had brilliant wader sightings over the last week. The team have spotted a wood sandpiper, 6 x black-tailed godwits and 3 x spotted redshanks dipping in and out of the folly pond, as well as 3 x green sandpipers in teal pond.
As well as this, 67 curlews and 30 lapwings have been counted in the meadows near whooper pond and a water rail was seen on the back pond last weekend. It was great to hear of a sighting of a wall butterfly, which is not commonly seen on the site.
Photo credit: Faith Hillier
| Birds | Mammals | Butterflies | Damselflies & Dragonflies |
| Mute Swan | Hare | Common Blue | Large Red |
| Greylag geese | Roe Deer | Red Admiral | Blue-tailed |
| Canada Geese | Weasel | Meadow Brown | Azure |
| Shelduck | Stoat | Ringlet | Common Blue |
| Mallard | Fox | Green-veined White | Four-spotted Chaser |
| Gadwall | Large White | Banded Demoiselle | |
| Shoveler | Small Copper | Common Darter | |
| Teal | Large Skipper | ||
| Pheasant | Small Tortoiseshell | ||
| Cormorant | |||
| Little Egret | |||
| Grey Heron | |||
| Buzzard | |||
| Kestrel | |||
| Peregrine Falcon | |||
| Moorhen | |||
| Oystercatcher | |||
| Lapwing | |||
| Common Sandpiper | |||
| Redshank | |||
| Black-tailed Godwit | |||
| Curlew | |||
| Snipe | |||
| Black-headed Gull | |||
| Common Gull | |||
| Herring Gull | |||
| Great Black Backed Gull | |||
| Wood Pigeon | |||
| Collared Dove | |||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | |||
| Skylark | |||
| Sand Martin | |||
| House Martin | |||
| Barn Swallow | |||
| Meadow Pipit | |||
| Pied Wagtail | |||
| Dunnock | |||
| Robin | |||
| Song Thrush | |||
| Blackbird | |||
| Blackcap | |||
| Whitethroat | |||
| Sedge Warbler | |||
| Willow Warbler | |||
| Chiffchaff | |||
| Wren | |||
| Great Tit | |||
| Coal Tit | |||
| Blue Tit | |||
| Long-tailed Tit | |||
| Treecreeper | |||
| Jackdaw | |||
| Rook | |||
| Carrion Crow | |||
| Raven | |||
| Starling | |||
| House Sparrow | |||
| Tree Sparrow | |||
| Chaffinch | |||
| Linnet | |||
| Goldfinch | |||
| Greenfinch | |||
| Reed Bunting |
