Wildlife sightings for 5th August 2025
Black Tailed Godwit on the main lake. Little Egret and Common Tern flying over site.
7 Black Tailed Godwit - main lake
2 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape
3 Oystercatcher - main lake
3 Common Tern - flying around site
1 Little Egret - over wader scrape
2 Little Grebe - wader scrape
20 Lapwing - main lake
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.
