Winter is coming
A fantastic morning of visible migration on the reserve, with Great White Egret over West, 150+ Redwing South/South West and Redshank on the wader scrape just some of the highlights.
1 Great White Egret - flew over heading West
150+ Redwing - flew over heading South/South West
1 Skylark - flew over heading South West
2 Siskin - flew over heading West
4 Meadow Pipit - flew over heading South
2 Swallow - flew over heading South East
2 Stonechat - wader scrape
1 Redshank - wader scrape
4 Water Rail - wildside, reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon
1 Peregrine - flew low over the entrance area heading South
8 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape
149 Teal - site count
48 Pochard - site count
42 Lapwing - site count
4 Common Gull - main lake
4 Chiffchaff - South route, sheltered lagoon, Wildside
September bird highlights: Snipe, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Peregrine, Hobby, Little Egret, Garganey, Wheatear, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Stonechat.
Flowering plants: (early/ late September) Broad-leaved Helleborine, Common Fleabane, Curled Pondweed, Dwarf Mallow, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Harebell, Orange Foxtail, Pepper Saxifrage, Lesser Bulrush, Water Bent, Water Dock, Water Mint (see photo below), Meadow Saffron, Common Toadflax, Devil's-bit Scabious, Enchanter's Nightshade, Galingale, Autumn Squill.
Invertebrates: (early/late September) Common Darter (see photo below), Willow Emerald Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Southern Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Ruddy Darter, Common Blue, Green-veined White (see photo below), Red Admiral, Small Copper, Speckled Wood, Small White, Common Carder Bee, Common Furrow Bee, Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Beewolf, Red-legged Shieldbug, Common Sheetweb Spider, Common Stretch Spider, Common Wolf Spider, Wasp Spider.
Moths: (late August/ early September) Box Tree (dark form), Gold Spot, Tree-lichen Beauty, White-point, Jersey Tiger, Rush Veneer, Pale Mottled Willow, Diamond-back, Dark sword-grass, Rusty Dot Pearl, Silver Y, The Gem, Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Clifden Nonpareil (see photo below), The Delicate.
Fungus: (August 30th Survey) Meadow Puffball (see photo below on left), Grey Puffball (see photo below on right), Giant Puffball, Tar-spot Fungus, Shaggy Parasol, Lumpy Bracket, Pancake Crust, Bleached Brittlegill, Candelsnuff Fungus, Brown Birch Bolete, Oak Curtain Crust, Blushing Bracket, Oak Mazegill, Brown Rollrim, Blushing Milkcap.
