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Latest sightings - August 2007

The following records are taken from entries in the sightings book which is located in the Visitor Centre.

Oct 08 | Sept 08 | Aug 08 | July 08
June 08 | late May 08 | early May 08 | Apr 08 | Mar 08 | Feb 08 | Jan 08
Dec 07 | Nov 07 | Oct 07 | Sept 07 | Aug 07 | July 07

Date

Species

Notes

30. August 2007

Water Rail

 

 

Marsh Harrier

No 1 ♀

29. August 2007

Reed warbler

No 3

 

Marsh Harrier

No 1 ♀

 

Little Egret

No 1

 

Hobby

No 2

27. August 2007

Grass snake

Boardwalk

 

Common lizard

Boardwalk

 

Emerald Damselfly

No 2-5, Brick Pit Pond

 

Brown Hawker

No 6-20, Brick Pit Pond

 

Migrant Hawker

No 6-20, Brick Pit Pond

 

Southern Migrant Hawker

No 1, Brick Pit Pond

 

Norfolk Hawker

No 1, Brick Pit Pond

 

Common Darter

No 2-5, Brick Pit Pond

 

Ruddy Darter

No 2-5, Brick Pit Pond

26. August 2007

Black tailed Skimmer

No 2-5, Cattle Pond, Baker’s Fen

25. August 2007

Reed warbler

No 1

 

Speckled wood

 

 

Small Tortoiseshell

 

 

Green veined white

 

 

Brimstones

Several, mainly female

 

Green woodpecker

 

 

Great crested grebe

 

 

Cormorant

 

 

Kingfisher

 

 

Brown hawker

Over lode

 

Southern hawker

Near Brick Pit Hide+over Ganges Field

 

Migrant hawker

 

 

Common Darter

 

 

Ruddy Darter

 

 

Emerald damselfly

 

 

Peacock

 

 

Brimstone

 

 

Red Admiral

 

 

Goat Moth caterpillar

 

 

Southern Migrant Hawker

No 1, Brick Pit Pond

 

Norfolk Hawker

No 1, Brick Pit Pond

23. August

Barn Owl

Next to Visitor Centre

 

Great Crested Grebe

1 young

 

Common Sandpiper

No 1 / Brett’s

 

Green Sandpiper

No 4 / Trevelyan’s

20. August

Little Egret

Verrall’s Fen

 

Marsh Harrier

No 2

 

Green Woodpecker

 

 

Common lizard

No 2

 

Snipe

No 3

 

Greenshank

No 2

 

Green Sandpiper

No 6

 

Peregrine

No 2

 

Waterrail

No 2

 

Teal

 

 

Green Sandpiper

No 6

 

Kingfisher

No 3

19. August

Cormorant

 

 

Kingfisher

 

 

Marsh Harrier

 

17. August

Small red eyed damselfly

 

 

Red eyed damselfly

 

 

Blue tailed damselfly

 

 

Emerald Damselfly

 

 

Ruddy Darter