{"id":15876,"date":"2026-07-19T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=15876"},"modified":"2026-07-19T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:00:03","slug":"wildlife-at-high-royds-pond-18-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wildlife-at-high-royds-pond-18-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife at High Royds Pond. 18 July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am thinking of making a small solar powered “fountain” using two urns we have had in the garden for years and on the way to the garden centre I stopped off at High Royds Pond<\/a> (the link will show other High Royds Pond posts) and walked round it a couple of times, I just happened to have my camera with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The header image is a juvenile (I think) Stonechat perched on Phragmites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pond is a lot more over-grown than on my previous visits and it is now almost divided into separate areas. There were the usual Black Headed Gulls and Mallards. I didn’t see any Mandarin Ducks. I did hear a Reed Bunting soon after arriving and did get sight of one on the far side of the pond. It could be a juvenile or possibly a male adult in non-breeding plumage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nice spot was the Stonechat on the Reeds, (Phragmites austalis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July and there are still scruffy looking Moorhen chicks, this is quite possibly a second brood of the year. The third brood might come along late July, early August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large part of the area around the pond has been left wild with lots of Ragwort, Creeping Thistle, Birds Foot Trefoil and grasses. As a result there were lots of butterflies and I was pleased to catch sight of a Gatekeeper butterfly in the grass with its wings open. Small Skippers were flitting around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were also lots of Cinnabar Moth caterpillars munching away on the Ragwort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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