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The Flashes is primarily managed for breeding waders comprising Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing and Redshank. Remarkably, in 2003 Avocets nested for the first time and have continued to do so ever since. The variety of wader species increases during spring and autumn with regular Green and Common Sandpipers, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Greenshank and Black-tailed Godwit. Scarcer species can include Ruff, Sanderling, Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel and maybe Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint or Curlew Sandpiper. There is also a greater chance of a rare wader occuring at these times with past records of Least Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-winged Stilt, Pectoral Sandpiper and Temminck's Stint.
A Black-headed Gull roost increases in size from late summer and often hosts Mediterranean Gulls with the occasional Little Gull and has included both Sabine's and Laughing Gulls in the past. A feeding station attracts a wide variety of the commoner finches with the occasional Tree Sparrow or Brambling and Peregrine is often present throughout the year perched on the adjacent radio masts.
The Moors Pools are home to a greater variety of species with breeding Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, and Redshank along with Reed, Sedge and Cetti's Warblers and Reed Bunting. Hobby is also present throughtout the summer months and spring and autumn passage often brings Marsh Harrier, Osprey and Black Tern. The winter months can be equally productive with one or two Bittern a regular feature, together with good numbers of Water Rail, Common Snipe, a few Jack Snipe and occasional Tree Sparrow at the feeding station. |
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