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Wildlife update – Early March   

As we head into early march, it is starting to feel a little more like early spring.  Birds are singing, some are nest building and a few butterflies can be seen on sunny days.

As you walk around the reserve, you will here lots of our common small birds singing away.  Listen out for blue tit, great tit, greenfinch, chaffinch, dunnock, robin, reed bunting and more.  This is the perfect time of year to start learning the resident bird calls before they are joined in April by the warblers.  Talking of warblers, the first ones are back and can be heard singing their name around the trails – chiff-chaff.

On the lakes, our water birds are also thinking about spring.  They are very vocal, look their smartest and there are a lot of territorial disputes going on.  Look out for teal, shoveler, lapwing and great crested grebes on our lakes.  The great white egret is still on site and spending quite a bit of time of the slough – will he find a mate this year?

The first insects can be seen around the reserve.  The bees are out quite a bit now and the first butterflies have been seen. Butterflies around include brimstone, peacock and comma.

Lastly, our otters continue to entertain with sightings coming in from Bernard’s and Steggall’s in the last few days.