Wildlife Sightings for 22nd July 2025
Common Sandpiper on the main lake. Lots of Little Egret on site.
2 Common Sandpiper - main lake from Dulverton hide
2 Green Sandpiper - marsh, wader scrape
3 Oystercatcher - main lake
3 Common Tern + 4 juvs.- main lake
7 Little Egret - wader scrape, main lake
The most recent Sand Martin ringing found that 95 nest chambers were occupied in the nesting bank.
Butterflies and dragonflies (mid-July) - Large Skipper, Essex Skipper, 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, Four-spotted Chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser, Norfolk Hawker, Emperor, Lesser Emperor, Southern Hawker, Southern Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker.
