West End:- 8 pairs of Great Crested Grebes are either building or sitting on nests, 2 pairs of Common Terns with 1 chick on left hand raft, 1 Pied Wagtail at rafts, 1 Little Egret, 11 Grey Heron, 10 Cormorant, 1M Tufted Duck, 2 Lapwing, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler & Reed Warbler all heard singing at Car Park. Song Thrush & Reed Warbler heard at Whillet’s.
A moth survey at Whillet’s meadows produced 45 moths from 21 species. A Grey Arches (photo) which although common was a new moth for the reserve. Another new species for the reserve found during the survey was a Long Horn Beetle – Agapanthia villosoviridescens (photo). The horn colouring is an impressive sight. It’s larvae breed in the stems of thistles and other herbaceous plants.