Wildlife Sightings for 7th September 2025

4 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape, marsh, main lake

1 Glossy Ibis - main lake, from Observatory and Headley hide

1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon heading towards the marsh

1 Little Egret - marsh

1 Pintail - main lake

3 Garganey - main lake, wader scrape

56 Shoveler - main lake

114 Gadwall - site count (7/9)

1 Kingfisher - wildside

2 Hobby - over the marsh

1 Sparrowhawk - over main lake

Passage Sand Martins and House Martins feeding over main lake

Butterflies and dragonflies (early-September) - Red Admiral, Clouded Yellow, Small White, Green-veined White, Large White, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Small Heath, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Small red-eyed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter, Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker.

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