LATEST SIGHTINGS:

Heron Trail:
(birds)
cormorant
swallow
house martin
sand martin
willow warbler
garden warbler
song thrush
green woodpecker
buzzard
whitethroat
turtle dove
heron
pochard
tufted duck
mallard
great crested grebe
common tern
black headed gull
greylag goose
canada goose
(butterflies)
small copper
meadow brown
clouded yellow
small white
brimstone
(dragonflies & damsel flies)
emperor
brown hawker
common damselfly
azure
red-eyed
(reptiles & amphibians)
great crested newt (VC pond)
smooth newt
common toad
common frog
common lizard

Meadow Trail:
(birds)
great crested grebe
whitethroat
sparrowhawk
reed bunting
house sparrow
wren
dunnock
shovelor
tufted duck
greater spotted woodpecker
green woodpecker
kingfisher

Stirtloe Lane Footpath or Ouse Valley Way, looking over the Northern lakes:
23/8/13 - (Records from JW & MD)
(ask for directions/maps in Visitor Centre)
egyptian goose - pair + 4 young
barnacle geese 2
common sandpiper
green sandpiper
curlew
little egret
marsh harrier (2 F imm)
red kite
buzzard
sparrowhawk
hobby
caspian gull
yellow wagtail
snipe