Wildlife sightings for 28th April 2021
Bar-tailed Godwit still in world wetlands with good numbers of Swift over the main lake.
2 Greenshank - grazing marsh
1 Bar-tailed Godwit - world wetlands (screamer pen)
2 Oystercatcher - main lake
3 Snipe - grazing marsh
4 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh
1 Common Tern - main lake
1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon
1 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake
47 Swift - over main lake
12 Swallow - over main lake
Reptiles: (mid-April survey) 4 Common Lizard, 2 Grass Snake, 13 Slow Worm.
Flowering plants: Cowslip, Cow Parsley, Primrose, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Marsh Marigold, Lesser Celandine, Forget-me-not, Cuckoo-flower, Snake's-head Fritillary, Wood Anemone.
Water voles: feeding platforms noted along the south route, and one adult spotted in wildside.
