Wildlife sightings for 20th October 2020
Peregrine and Kestrel both on the hunt.
Kingfisher - wader scrape
1 Pintail - main lake
2 Little Egret - flying down river
4 Redwing - entrance area
1 Peregrine - over the grazing marsh & reservoir lagoon
1 Kestrel - entrance area
1 Bittern - main lake North shore
38 Fieldfare - entrance area then flew off West
3 Redwing - flew over heading South/South East
1 Peregrine - hunting over the grazing marsh, main lake
4 Siskin - flew over heading East
5 Lesser Redpoll - sheltered lagoon
4 Snipe - grazing marsh
Dragonflies: (late September) Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker.
Wildflowers: (late September) Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yarrow, Purple Loosestrife, Flowering Rush, Field Scabious, Devil's-bit Scabious, Wild Carrot.
Reptiles: (19th September survey) Slow worms (11 juveniles, 25 female, 2 male); 2 Grass snakes; 2 Common Lizard.
