Wildlife Sightings - 17/6/19

Weather: Overcast

Wind Speed: Breezy

AM Tide Level - Low


Wader Lake

Avocet - 40

Swallow - 3

Common Tern (many chicks) - 67

Lapwing - 18

Oystercatcher - 1

Shoveler - 5

Redshank - 14

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Black Tailed Godwit - 1


Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 2

Mute Swan - 2

Shelduck - 2

Grey Heron - 1


Hawthorn Wood

Great Spotted Woodpecker (juvenile) - 1

Goldfinch - 9

Chaffinch - 19

Great Tit - 8

Blue Tit - 6

Bullfinch - 8

Greenfinch - 1

Sparrowhawk (female) - 1


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Swift (Hidden Meadow) - 1

Reed Warbler (Amphibian Ponds) - 1

Kestrel (Hawthorn Wood) - pair

Grey Heron (Heron Hedge) - 17

Tufted Duck (plus young) (Reservoir) - 11

Chiffchaff (Reservoir path) - 1


Other Wildlife Species Around Site


Invertebrates:

Painted Lady


Flora:

False Oat Grass

False Fox Sedge

Red Fescue

Crested Dogtail



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