Waders are trickling through

We had a visit from a stunning wood sandpiper this last week and although he only stayed for a day it is often a sign of the start of the autumn migration with failed breeding birds moving back to their wintering grounds. We have had increased sightings of curlews, snipe and lapwing on the reserve.

The meadow continues to be stunning and we are still getting around a dozen banded demoiselles being seen on the river with the peak count being 26 males and 4 females. Common blue butterflies and common darters are now also on the wing.

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
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