The Summer Meadow is Blooming

The summer meadow is really starting to show itself well now summer has arrived. The twayblade orchid can be seen alongside the northern marsh and the spotted orchid. We have also spotted yellow rattle, tufted vetch, red campion, silver weed, bird's-foot trefoil to name a few.

We have had reports of a great egret on the flood ground which is normally an occasional visitor in the winter but not seen in the summer is this a sign of our changing climate. The grasshopper warbler has also been heard this week after a few weeks of him being quiet.

Photo credit: Lorraine Hall

Around the reserve:

Birds Mammals Butterflies Damselflies & Dragonflies
Mute Swan Hare Peacock 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
Shoveler Orange-tip
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
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