Today's sightings - 26/05/16
a.m. Tide level: High
Wader Lake
Avocet 16 + 7 chicks (4 broods)
Oystercatcher 3 + 2 chicks
Redshank 1
Common tern 200 (28 pairs)
Little ringed plover 2
Gadwall 3
Shoveler 3
Shelduck 20 + 6 ducklings
Grey heron 70
Black-headed gull 2
Saline Lagoon
Shelduck 14
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Greenfinch 2
Bullfinch 4
Chaffinch 2
Robin 3
Dunnock 1
Other birds
Blackcap - 1 - Reservoir
Mistle thrush - Lagoon scrub
Swallow - 18 - Low over Wader Lake feeding
Sand Martin - 3 - Low over Wader Lake feeding
House Martin - 3 - Low over Wader Lake feeding
Swift - 5 - above filter reedbed
Flora
Ragged Robin
Cowslip
Northern marsh orchid