Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2021
3 Ruff on the grazing marsh, Kingfisher in wildside and Arctic Terns on the lake
3 Ruff - grazing marsh
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake
2 Oystercatcher - main lake
4 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh
1 Kingfisher - wildside
12 House Martin - main lake
2 Arctic Tern - main lake then flew W
3 Common Tern - main lake then flew NW
Reptiles: (mid-April survey) 4 Common Lizard, 2 Grass Snake, 13 Slow Worm.
Flowering plants: Cowslip, Cow Parsley, Primrose, Blackthorn, Wild Plum, Marsh Marigold, Lesser Celandine, Forget-me-not, Cuckoo-flower, Snake's-head Fritillary, Wood Anemone, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Ragged Robin.
Water voles: feeding platforms noted along the south route, and one adult spotted in wildside.
