22/05/2026
Latest ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ from the reserve! ๐
22.05.26
The reserve has burst into colour recently, as our ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ bloom. Look closely and you may spot a ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐น๐ (see photo) as it dances across the meadow.
We look forward to seeing the ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ pop up each year. The first few ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ (see photo) have started to flower along the Ganol Trail and near the Vardre Viewpoint over the past few days. We should see the first of our beautiful ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ appear in the next few days too.
Following on from last year's excitement, when we had our first ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด nest on the reserve in over 10 years, we were delighted to discover two nests this year! ๐ฅณ
Last year's pair have 3 very active little chicks (see photo) already on the shallow lagoon, which are delighting visitors with their fluffy antics. Meanwhile, the second pair still appear to be brooding eggs.
Our ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐-๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐, and a few ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ pairs are currently tending nests too, and there are broods of ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ and ๐ ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ on the deep lagoon. The first ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด-๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ถ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐, ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ถ๐, ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ and ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป fledglings have all been spotted out of the nest too.
Other highlights this week include ๐ข๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐, ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น, ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐, ๐ช๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ and ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.