Recent Sightings - 25th June 2018
The following sightings were recorded today at Mid- High tide from the reserve at Castle Espie.
There are some Tufted duck families out on our lagoons currently. Keep an eye out for the cute black fluffy ducklings following their mother on the Freshwater Lagoon and the Main lake.
Estuary – visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory
Black-headed Gull 13, Lesser black-backed gull 5, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Little Egret 1, Oystercatcher 428
Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre
Mallard 39, Tufted duck 8 + chicks 2, Black-headed gull 53, Moorhen 2, Goldeneye, Greylag 3 + gosling 6, Coot 4, Little Grebe 1
Shingle bank – visible from Sensory garden, Wadermarsh and Visitor Centre
Black-headed gull 47, Greylag 8, Oystercatcher 3, Moorhen 4
Wadermarsh – visible from Wadermarsh lookout and Brent Hide
Black-headed gull 92, Little Egret 1, Moorhen 1, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Oystercatcher 3, Common Gull 2
Freshwater Lagoon – visible from Brent Hide and Crannóg
Shelduck 2 + young 8, Mallard 1, Coot 2 + chicks 1, Black-headed gull c.200 , Tufted duck 2 + chicks 8, Moorhen 1, Mute Swan 2, Heron 1, Black-tailed Godwit 4, Lesser Black-Backed Gull 1
Tufted Duck duckling
Saline Lagoon – visible from Limekiln observatory
Tufted Duck 1, Common Tern 1, Black-headed Gull 1
Limestone Lake
Mallard 8, Little Grebe 1, Tufted duck 1
Peninsula Field and Saltmarsh
Black-headed Gull 2
Brickworks
Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Starling, Swallow, House Martin
Woodland
Blackbird, Wren, Wood pigeon, Robin, Blue tit, Great tit, Coal tit, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Black-Cap, Willow Warbler, Treecreeper
Butterflies on the reserve
Green-veined white, Small White, Cryptic Wood White, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Six-Spot Burnet Moth
