Wildlife sightings - 01/05/17
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Common tern 14
Northern shoveler 4
Avocet 24
Oystercatcher 4
Northern lapwing 29 + 2 chicks
Redshank 4
Gadwall 3
Black-tailed godwit 14
Mute swan 2
Swallow 2
Tufted duck 4
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 2
Shelduck 10
Grey heron 1
Great black-backed gull (2nd winter)
Tufted duck 13
Hawthorn Wood
Chaffinch 5
Goldfinch 7
Bullfinch 4
Dunnock 1
Willow tit 1
Blue tit 5
Coal tit 2
Other birds
Reed bunting - 2 - Filter bed
Blackcap - 1 - Spring Gill wood
Jay - 2 - Spring Gill wood
Treecreeper - 2 - North Wood
Whitethroat - 1- Wader Lake footpath
Willow warbler - 9 - Across reserve
Swallow - 2 - Stream channel
Great-spotted woodpecker - 2 - Spring Gill
Other wildlife/flora
Tadpoles (frog and toad)
Pond skater
Common carder bee
Speckled wood
Drone fly
Herb Robert
Red campion
Bugle
Self heal
Dog-violet
Bluebell
Cowslip
Primrose
Harts tongue fern
