09 | September | 2025

North Cave Wetlands was our destination today, I meet up with a friend at about 10:30, but I had arrived early so I had a little wonder around, see if I could find any dragonflies whilst waiting. I found a lovely Common Hawker just hanging about on the hedgerow, did manage to get a few shoots before a car disturbed it. After my friend turned up, we headed down to the new part of the reserve, has he hadn’t been before, from the new hide we saw Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Egyptian Geese and a very unusual bird, a Bar-headed Goose. Later we managed to find the resident Little Owl. After me friend had left I decided on looking around for some more Dragonflies seeing mainly Common Darter and Willow Emerald Damselflies

Bird List : Blackbird, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Common Sandpiper, Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Egyptian Goose, Gadwall, Green Woodpecker, Greenshank, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Jackdaw, Jay, Lapwing, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Little Owl, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Moorhen, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Rook, Sand Martin, Shoveler, Starling Swallow, Tufted Duck, Water Rail, Woodpigeon (33)

Butterfly List : Green-veined White, Red Admiral (2)

Dragonfly List : Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Common Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly (5)