Wildlife Sightings for 12th September 2025
Glossy Ibis still present on the grazing marsh. A sparrowhawk and buzzard seen flying over site and 2 garden warblers by the sheltered lagoon.
1 Glossy Ibis - grazing marsh
1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon
1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape
4 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape
2 Garganey - WWF hide
1 Kingfisher - wader scrape
1 Little Grebe - main lake
1 Sparrowhawk - over main lake
1 Buzzard - over site
2 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon
1 Swallow - over main lake
40+ Passage Sand Martins and House Martins feeding over the main lake.
112 Shovelers - main lake
Butterflies and dragonflies (early-September) - Red Admiral, Clouded Yellow, Small White, Green-veined White, Large White, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Small Heath, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker.
