Even in such a short period of time the season has moved on with many flowers now well past their best, and a change over in the birds; noticeable today was the steady stream of Swallows, Sand Martins, and House Martins moving along the coast, and the increase in vocal Skylarks.
With many plants setting seeds a flock of around 25 Linnets were making the most of the glut of seeds on the marsh, although the sight of a Greater Spotted Woodpecker over the marsh was unusual.
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| Linnet |
With vandalism of the fences in the past few weeks, and following several escapes, the cattle are a little mixed up, trying to get a proper count was nigh on impossible today, I'll try again tomorrow.
Veronica and daughter were doing the final butterfly survey of the season, I joined them for a little while before leaving them to finish off, butterflies were a bit thin on the ground but I had earlier seen a Silver Y moth on the marsh.
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| Silver Y |
A period of better weather and some big tides should be interesting in what they bring to the reserve.
Next Event is Saturday 23rd September at 8am, a sea watch!
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