Today a pair of Lesser Emperor dragonflies were seen in tandem, ovipositing into weeds on the Slurry Lagoon. RW.
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Great White Egret – 3rd August
The Great White Egret was present again this afternoon but later flew off towards the west. The Garganey is still present on the Slurry Lagoon. JDn.
Great White Egret – 2nd August
This morning a Great White Egret flew onto the Slurry Lagoon and spent most of the morning fishing along the edges of the reeds. The Garganey was still present in the back, right-hand corner of the lagoon. PS.
Bittern – 29th July
In the evening the Bittern was seen flying over the reed beds and the Garganey was still present. RW.
Garganey – 21st July
Today a Garganey was seen on the Slurry Lagoon. There were also two Green Sandpipers on the Ecopark. RW.
Bittern – 19th July
A Bittern was seen this morning, flying between the reed beds on the Slurry Lagoon. SC.
Goosander – 5th July
This morning a female Goosander was seen swimming upstream on the Trent. A Shelduck was on the Slurry Lagoon.
During the Butterfly Walk fourteen species of butterfly were found, including Small, Essex and Large Skippers, Brimstone, Holly Blue and about fifteen Commas. PS.
Cuckoo – 27th June
This morning there were two male Cuckoos calling around the reserve. The Slurry Lagoon Swans have lost another cygnet and are now down to one. The tern platforms have at least seven pairs of Common Terns on nests now. PS.
Bittern – 9th June
This morning there were two male Cuckoos on the reserve. In the afternoon another male was in the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed. In the late afternoon a Bittern was driven by Black-headed Gulls into the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed. Later it was seen again in the Deep Pit, but the gulls again drove it into the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed. There were also several Hairy Dragonflies and Emperor Dragonflies on the Slurry Lagoon. PS.
Cuckoo – 7th June
This morning a male and a female Cuckoo were on the reserve, eventually flying off across the Trent. Up to ten Swifts were hawking insects over the Slurry Lagoon reed bed and a female Roe Deer was seen on the Severn/Trent fields. PS.