Please post your notable sightings on this thread. Notable means notable to you - no matter how common! Not only is it nice to share, but we can use the information in our casual sightings records to help maintain a picture of species and numbers on the reserve.
I'll set the ball rolling:-
Thursday 3rd Jan
Black tailed godwit x c200 in flight over Drayton Lagoon/Elney Lake
Goldeneye x 4 Drayton Lagoon South
1 Weasel
Tim Fisher
07/04/2013
Black-necked Grebe, Ferry Lagoon South shore.
09/04/2013
Chiffchaff
Cetti's Warbler
Bullfinch - several Male and Females
Treecreeper
Goldcrest
Harlequin Ladybird
Brimstone Butterfly
Highlights from the weekend 13-14 April (total bird species from Saturday was 80, not bad!):
red kite
marsh harrier
meadow pipit
corn bunting
woodcock
skylark
treecreeper
redwing
chiffchaff
Cetti's warbler
willow warbler
sedge warbler
blackcap
sand martin
house martin
swallow
little gull
common tern
kingfisher
oystercatcher
redshank
green sandpiper
common sandpiper
little ringed plover
golden plover
garganey
pintail
goldeneye
Slavonian grebe (Ferry Lagoon, summer plumage now)
hare
muntjac
peacock butterfly
small tortoiseshell
brimstone
grass snake
common toad
Alison Nimmo
RSPB Community Engagement Officer, Orkney
21/04/2013
Avocets x 4
Yellow Wagtail c.7
White wagtail c.5
Little-Ringed Plover
Garganey
Shelduck
Nightingale - singing along path to Coucher Hide
Whitethroat
In addition to Steve's sightings, there were 2 greenshanks, 2 oystercatchers & 6 red shanks at the northern end of Middle Fen this evening.
A hobby and an Arctic tern were also seen on Saturday, and on Sunday a female orange-tip butterfly in addition to brimstone, peacock, comma and small tortoiseshell. The avocets were there both days, seen from the hide on Moore Lake.
22/04/2013
Avocets x 6 this morning
Palmate Newts x 10
23/04/2013
Red Kite x 2
Buzzards x 5
Flock of about 8-10 linnet seen from the entrance ride (Swavesey / Over) yesterday about 13.00
Male & female goldeneye still on Elney Lake this morning
6 x oystercatcher
4 x avocet
5 x common tern
4 x redshank
all at Moore Lake (from Coucher Hide)
1 cuckoo heard at 06.15
Garganey at Far Fen Lake
24/04/2013
Wheatear x 2
Avocets x 6
Little Ringed Plover x 3
Ringed Plover x 1
Redshank x 6
Lesser Whitethroat x 4
Common Lizard
Palmate Newt
Stoat