Damselflies a Plenty

The sun has definitely come out now and brought the insects out with it. The damselflies are now out in force with blue-tailed, azure and large red being seen in large numbers and four-spotted chasers are also on the wing. From a butterfly point of view we have peacock, small tortoiseshell, orange-tip, green-veined white, small copper. The Summer Meadow Walk just seems to be alive with insects just now waiting for you to discover or just to soak in the atmosphere.

One of our swan nests has produced a cygnet this week, we have found a brood of shoveler ducklings and lapwing chicks have been seen in the Lochar Field. A reed warbler was heard singing on the Peter Scott Trail this morning to add to our growing list of warblers.

Photo credit: Alex Hillier

Species around the Reserve

Mute Swan

Greylag geese

Canada Geese

Shelduck

Mallard

Gadwall

Shoveler

Wigeon

Teal

Goosander

Pheasant

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

Wheatear

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

Lessed Redpoll

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Reed Bunting

Hare

Roe Deer

Weasel

Stoat

Fox

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