Spring Has Sprung!

Thursday, March 24th 2022

The Toad migration is taking place at Foxglove as these comical amphibians make their way to their breeding grounds in the various ponds around the reserve.

They can be heard calling in the Scrapes and on the wetland.

Not only do visitor's need to take care as they drive along the access road…

...care must also be taken when walking around the trails! Although there is plenty of frogspawn to be seen in the ponds, no toadspawn has been discovered yet.

A few butterflies have been observed; so far Brimstone, Peacock and Comma are on the observation board.

There are still flocks of Brambling to be spotted from the Field Centre and the Lake Hide, they will be heading off soon on their journey back to Scandinavia. Out on Spigot Mere, Redshank, Lapwing, Black-headed Gulls and Oystercatchers have all been observed and at the end of last week a Red Kite flew over the reserve too.

As the weather gradually warms up, the list of species recorded increases. Several moths were found on the Field Centre walls this morning including Engrailed, Dotted Border and Shoulder Stripe. 


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