Wildlife Sightings for 25th July 2025
Green Sandpipers feeding on the wet grasslands and wader scrape
2 Green Sandpiper - scrape, marsh
6 Common Tern + 4 juvs (mostly fledged now) - main lake
1 Mediterranean Gull - flew over E
1 Sparrowhawk - over main lake
2 Little Egret - main lake, scrape/marsh
7 Sedge Warbler (including juvs) - reedbed, wildside, marsh
4 Reed Bunting juvs - reedbed
The most recent Sand Martin ringing found that 95 nest chambers were occupied in the nesting bank.
Butterflies and dragonflies (late-July) - Large Skipper, Essex Skipper, Small Skipper, Brown Hairstreak, Peacock, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Small White, Green-veined White, Large White, Marbled White, Comma, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Common Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer, Ruddy Darter, Norfolk Hawker, Emperor, Lesser Emperor, Southern Hawker, Southern Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker.
