A quick sighting update from the reserve, there's just too much wildlife around at the moment to mention it all!
It has been buzzing with insects recently with plenty of butterflies, damselflies and dragonflies about. Just to pick a few, we’ve had a reported sighting of a red admiral on the wildflowers outside the visitor centre, emerald damselflies, ruddy darters and a brown hawker.
There has been lots of bird action as well, including a yellow legged gull at Big Hole, juvenile little ringed plovers at the Flashes and little egrets at Pick-up. Lots of chicks have been seen such as redshank, common tern, little grebes and a sand martin leaving the wall. There has been avocets and black tailed godwits seen from the duck feeding platform and a female marsh harrier over the Moat.