Wildlife Sightings for 5th September 2025
2 Garganey on the wader scrape as well as a Dunlin flying overhead. Big influx of duck overnight. Redstart on the edge of the main lake
1 Dunlin - over site heading west
1 Green Sandpiper - marsh
3 Snipe - wader scrape
2 Garganey - wader scrape
60+ Pochard - main lake, reservoir lagoon
110 Gadwall - main lake, reservoir lagoon, scrape, sheltered lagoon
80+ Teal - scrape, main lake
35 Shoveler - main lake
2 Little Grebe - main lake, wader scrape
1 Little Egret - scrape
1 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon
15+ Chiffchaff - south and west routes
6 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon, south route
1 Redstart - main lake west shore
2 Kingfisher - wader scrape
2 Hobby - over the wader scrape/marsh
Passage Sand Martins and House Martins feeding over main lake
Butterflies and dragonflies (late-August) - Red Admiral, Small White, Green-veined White, Large White, Comma, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Small Copper, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Brown Hawker, Migrant Hawker.
