It's been a while since we have had regular marsh harrier sightings at Langford - in fact I haven't had the pleasure of seeing one since January! However, in the last week and a half, there has been a regular juvenile bird recorded on several occasions across the reserve. The bird is quite distinctive, with a very orange coloured cap, characteristic of a juvenile bird and with lovely dark chocolate brown plumage. Our Conservation Officer Carl Cornish saw the bird at the weekend over Phase 3 - check out his forum post for details of the sighting with some interesting behaviour....
Also on site recently...
kingfisher on Phase 2
2 greenshank on Phase 1
common and green sandpiper on Phases 1 and 2
curlew flying over Phase 2 this morning
second generation common blue and small copper butterflies
thousands of Roesel's bush-crickets
my first southern hawker dragonflies of 2012
adonis ladybird by the silt lagoons
hundreds of small perch in Phases 1 and 2
and (autumn is here!) the first berries of 2012, on guelder rose on the public footpath by the woodland.