Wildlife Sightings for 30th July 2025
Green Sandpipers on the scrape and marsh. Buzzard and Hobby overhead. Willow Warbler dropped in.
3 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape
3 Oystercatcher - main lake (regularly commuting between the site and the river)
1 Buzzard - circling over the site, drifting W (13:00)
1 Hobby - hunting over marsh and main lake (13:15)
1 Sparrowhawk - hunting on marsh
3 Little Egret - wader scrape and reservoir lagoon
6 Common Tern + 1 juv. - main lake
1 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon (see photo below)
8 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside
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.
