Wildlife sightings for 24th September 2021
Pectoral Sandpiper and Garganey on the wader scrape, along with Yellow Wagtails and Pipits dropping into the marsh
1 Pectoral Sandpiper - scrape
1 Garganey - scrape
6 Snipe - marsh
2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh
11 Meadow Pipit - marsh
9 Chiffchaff - south route, wildside
1 Willow Warbler - south route
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, Small White, Speckled Wood, Comma.
Dragonflies: (mid September survey) Ruddy Darter, Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly.
