Wildlife Sightings for 20th August 2025
Yellow Wagtails on the marsh. Bittern on reservoir lagoon. Ringed Plover overhead.
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon
1 Ringed Plover - flew S a.m.
3 Snipe - wader scrape
3 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape
1 Ruff - reported from south route
2 Little Grebe - wader scrape
1 Little Egret - wader scrape
1 Hobby - over site
5 Yellow Wagtail - marsh
2 Willow Warbler - world wetlands
9 Chiffchaff - site count
Butterflies and dragonflies (mid-August) - Red Admiral, Brimstone, Small White, Green-veined White, Large White, Comma, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer, Brown Hawker.
