Well summer is in full flow here are Mersehead with loads of summer migrants arriving and birds breeding around the reserve. At the moment outside the visitor centre we have got eight lapwing chicks running around enjoying the sunshine. As summer is approaching all of the summer migrants are arriving and the reserve is full of song. We have had whitethroat, sedge warbler, willow warbler, chiffchaff, grasshopper warbler, reed warbler and cuckoo all arrive. Although the summer migrants are arriving we still have a handful of barnacle geese around so i would come and see them before they go.
Here are the rest of the sightings from Mersehead
Visitor Centre- Wigeon, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Yellowhammer, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Lapwing, House Sparrow, Swallow, Shelduck, Mallard, Blue tit, Magpie, Oystercatcher
Bruaich Hide- Stonechat, Heron, Whitethroat, Barnacle Geese, Canada Geese, Pintail, Teal, Wigeon, Shoveler, swift
Meida Hide- Gadwall, Shoveler, Little Grebe, Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Blackcap, Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler
Beach- Dunlin, Ringed Plover, White Wagtail
Trails- Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Linnet, Dunnock, Barn Owl, Cuckoo
Other Animals- Roe Deer, Badger, Peacock, Orange Tip, Red Admiral, Natterjack Toad