Whilst Benji and Ted were at the dog groomers this afternoon, I had a walk around Lodmoor until it was time to pick them up.
Main highlights were 1 Great White Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit and 5 Common Sandpiper
Birds Recorded:
1 Great White Egret
4 Little Egret
5 Grey Heron
5 Mute Swan (2ad, 3juv)
Mallard
1 Water Rail (heard)
Coot
4 Oystercatcher
3 Lapwing
2 Black-tailed Godwit
5 Common Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
8 Common Tern
Wood Pigeon
2 Kingfishers
10 Sand Martin
2 House Martin
8 Swallow
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
Reed Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
4 Chiffchaff
2 Willow Warbler
2 Bearded Tit (heard)
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
2 Bullfinch
42 species recorded
A Great White Egret.
One of the 5 Grey Herons I saw on the reserve.
The Mute Swan family
Lapwing
Bar-tailed Godwits
One of the 5 Common Sandpiper I came across on the reserve.
Here another Common Sandpiper is having a wash-up
Common Tern
Fish Recorded:
Mullet by the sluice gate to the sea.
Here they are feeding
7+ hawker sp.
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
6 Red Admiral
1 Painted Lady
1 Holly Blue
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), also on Hemp Agrimony
Plants Recorded:
Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
And here is a close-up of the flowers. More on this plant Here.
The Nature Reserve Information Board.
This stream in the reserve has all but dried up in the drought.
