Recent Sightings - 18th June 2018
The following sightings were recorded today at Mid-tide from the reserve at Castle Espie.
A couple of Common Terns are being sighted on a daily basis; using the rafts in the Main lake and the Saline Lagoon. Keep an eye out for the spectacular dives into the water to catch fish!
Estuary – visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory
Black-headed Gull 6, Lesser black-backed gull 2, Shelduck 2, Grey Heron 1
Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre
Mallard 16, Tufted duck 6, Black-headed gull 19, Moorhen 1, Common Tern 1, Gadwall 1 + 3 chicks
Shingle bank – visible from Sensory garden, Wadermarsh and Visitor Centre
Black-headed gull 3, Mallard 6, Greylag 3 + chicks 6
Wadermarsh – visible from Wadermarsh lookout and Brent Hide
Black-headed gull 4, Shelduck 6, Moorhen 3, Tufted duck 2
Freshwater Lagoon – visible from Brent Hide and Crannóg
Shelduck 2 + young 7, Mallard 9, Coot 2 + chicks 2, Black-headed gull c.100 + many chicks!, Tufted duck 7, Moorhen 3, Mute Swan 2
Saline Lagoon – visible from Limekiln observatory
Gadwall 2, Common Tern 1
Common Tern by Seamus Griffin
Limestone Lake
Mallard 3, Little Egret 1
Peninsula Field and Saltmarsh
Black-headed Gull 1
Brickworks
Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Starling
Woodland
Blackbird, Wren, Wood pigeon, Robin, Blue tit, Great tit, Coal tit, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Black-Cap
Butterflies on the reserve
Green-veined white, Small White, Cryptic Wood White, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Six-Spot Burnet Moth
