The weather during the past month has again hindered the recording of wildlife on the Reserve with many of the inhabitants remaining in sheltered places. The following sightings have been made:-
Birds.. Stonechat, Dartford Warbler, Tree Pipit, Chiff Chaff, Swallows, Jays, Buzzards, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Wrens, Blue/Coal/Great/Long Tailed Tits, Kestrel, Sparrow Hawk, Nuthatch, Treecreeper and Nightjar. The Nightjar was recorded on the night following the Organised Walk, heard and seen in flight while feeding.
Butterflies.. Ringlet, Marbled White, Silver Studded Blue, Large Skipper, Large White, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Large Fritillary, Green-Veined White.
Moths.. Six Spot Burnet, Small Heath, Pine Hawk.
Dragonfly.. Four Spot Chaser.
Damselfly.. Azure, Large Red, Small Red, Beautiful Damoiselle
Reptiles.. Common Lizard, Grass Snake, Adder and a positive recording of a Sand Lizard
Insects.. Jumping Spider, Winged Male Velvet Ant.
Mammals.. Pipistrelle and Nocture Bats, Roe Deer.
Plants.. Groundsel, White Stonecrop, Prickly Lettuce, Heath Groundsel, Tufted Vetch, Cinquefoil, Cotton Grass and a large colony of Bog Asphodel( over 200 plants in the East of the bog)
Rainfall for the period approx 55 millimetres
