Wildlife Sightings for 21st May 2023
2 Peregrine and Hobby over the reserve, plus Common Sandpiper, Common Terns and Yellow Wagtails
2 Peregrine - over the main lake, marsh
1 Hobby - over high, hunting sand martin
1 Kestrel - over main lake
2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh, wader scrape
1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape
1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon p.m.
2 Oystercatcher - main lake
3 Common Tern - main lake
6 Sedge Warbler - main lake, reservoir lagoon, reedbed
8 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon, reservoir lagoon
62 Reed Warbler - across site
10 Reed Bunting - reedbed, reservoir lagoon, main lake, sheltered lagoon
16 Cetti's Warbler - across site
30+ Swift - over site
120 Sand Martin - 60 active nests (an additional 150 chicks)Odonata: Hairy Dragonfly, Blue-tailed/Azure/Large Red Damselflies
Butterflies: Green Hairstreak, Peacock, Comma, Orange Tip, Small White, Large White, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Brimstone, Small Tortoishell
Bees and other insects: Red Mason Bee, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Early Bumblebee, Tree Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Bee-fly, Hover Fly sp.
