Wildlife sightings for 16th September 2021
Pectoral, Common and Green Sandpiper on site.
1 Pectoral Sandpiper - main lake (in front of WWF hide)
1 Knot - main lake (in front of WWF hide)
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake (in front of WWF hide)
2 Green Sandpiper - main lake
1 Little Egret - main lake
1 Wheatear - main lake (re-profiled island)
1 Hobby - marsh, scrape p.m.
** Please note: There will be essential habitat management works taking place on the wader scrape and grazing marsh on the 13th,14th,15th,16th,17th,20th,21st and 22nd 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)
