Heading into August

It has been another dry week here and the low water levels in the ponds have been particularly great for viewing snipe feeding on the folly pond.

It has been another dry week here and the low water levels in the ponds have been particularly great for viewing snipe feeding on the folly pond, with 30 snipe being our highest count so far.

Other bird sightings this week include yellowhammer, chiffchaff, reed warbler and reed bunting. There are plenty of butterflies to be seen around the reserve such as meadow brown, ringlet, peacock and green-veined white, and also dragonflies, including emperor, four-spotted chaser and common darters.


Photo credit: Alex Hillier

BirdsMammalsButterfliesDamselflies & Dragonflies
Mute SwanHareCommon BlueLarge Red
Greylag geeseRoe DeerRed AdmiralBlue-tailed
Canada GeeseWeaselMeadow BrownAzure
ShelduckStoatRingletCommon Blue
MallardFoxGreen-veined WhiteFour-spotted Chaser
GadwallLarge WhiteBanded Demoiselle
ShovelerSmall CopperCommon Darter
TealLarge Skipper
PheasantSmall 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
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