This morning; 1 pair of Ringed Plovers with 2 half-grown young, 2 Redshanks and a female Gadwall. A singing Reed Warbler has adopted a small clump of Phragmites reed in the big round pond. Another first. However, this pond is blighted with Floating Pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) a native of North America, but has become naturalised in this country since the 1980's.
It forms dense mats of vegetation that quickly covers the surface of the water thereby interfering with the ecology of the water. Once established it can grow up to 20cm per day and is extremely difficult to eradicate.
Floating Pennywort
I also found a Tree Bee nectering on White Clover, a new species for this site!
Carlton Marsh
2 Buzzards and a Little Owl with 1 juvenile. A female Tufted Duck had a wash and brush up and a fly round before returning to her island nest.
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Just been up on Cudworth Common. Looks to me as if someone has been driving through the water with 4 wheel drives!!!
Anti-social evidence can be reported to the police by ringing 101.
Floating Pennywort will be be transferred to other water bodies by this sort of behaviour.
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