Wildlife sightings for 24th June 2023

1 Green Sandpiper - main lake

2 Oystercatcher - main lake

6 Common Tern - main lake

1 Hobby - over marsh and scrape

1 Little Grebe - wader scrape

1 Pochard brood - entrance lake

1 Gadwall brood - reservoir lagoon

1 Teal - main lake

1 Grasshopper Warbler - singing from SE corner of sheltered lagoon (in dense blackthorn cover)

1 Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon

Odonata: Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Norfolk Hawker, Broad-bodied Chaser, Four Spot Chaser, Downy Emerald, Emperor, Black Tailed Skimmer, Hairy Dragonfly, Blue-tailed/Azure/Common Blue, Willow Emerald, Beautiful Demoiselle Damselflies.

Butterflies: Green Hairstreak, Peacock, Comma, Orange Tip, Small White, Large White, Green-veined White, Brimstone, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Small Copper, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Gatekeeper.

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,, Rustic Sailor Beetle, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Thick-legged Flower Beetle, Stag Beetle, Cinnabar Moth, Hummingbird Hawk-Moth, Six-Spot Burnet.

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