Wildlife sightings for 12th September 2021
Pectoral Sandpiper and Knot on the main lake from WWF hide.
1 Pectoral Sandpiper - main lake (in front of WWF hide p.m.)
1 Knot - main lake (from WWF hide)
1 Hobby - hunting over the grazing marsh
5 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh
29 Wigeon - main lake
1 Yellow Wagtail - flew over SW
** Please note: There will be essential habitat management works taking place on the wader scrape and grazing marsh from Monday 13th September - Friday 17th September. We apologise for any inconvenience and disturbance that this may cause **
Flowering plants: Bristly Ox-tongue, Hawkweed Ox-tongue, Cat's ear, Meadow Vetchling, Tufted Vetch, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Common Vetch, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Common Mallow, Ragwort, White Water-lily, Meadow Rue, Agrimony, Amphibious Bistort, Square-stalked St.John's Wort, Perforate St.John's Wort, Betony, Meadow-sweet, Self-heal, Marsh Woundwort, Yellow Loosestrife, Purple Loosestrife, Flowering Rush, Water-plantain, Fringed Water-lily, Yarrow, Black Medick, Hop Trefoil, Hare's-foot Clover, Water Mint, Hemp Agrimony, Figwort.
Butterflies: (3rd September survey) Red Admiral, Large White, Green-veined White, Small White, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Common Blue, Comma.
Dragonflies: (3rd September survey) Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Migrant Hawker.1 Knot - main lake (in front of WWF hide)
