Wildlife sightings for 17th September 2021
Pectoral Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper on main lake, plus Swallows and Chiffchaffs feeding on migration
1 Hobby - over S
7 Yellow Wagtail - over S
22 Chiffchaff - wildside, south route, sheltered lagoon
5 Blackcap - wildside, entrance lake
84 Gadwall - main lake, scrape
44 Wigeon - main lake
74 Shoveler - main lake, scrape
50 Teal - main lake, scrape
1 Pectoral Sandpiper - main lake
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake
** Please note: There will be essential habitat management works taking place on the grazing marsh on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd 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: (mid September survey) Red Admiral, Large White, Green-veined White, Small White, Speckled Wood.
Dragonflies: (mid September survey) Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Emperor, Willow Emerald Damselfly.
