Wildlife sightings - 01/07/16
a.m. Tide Level: low
Wader Lake
Avocet 40
Lapwing 22
Redshank 16
Oystercatcher4
Little ringed plover 2 + 2 chicks
Ringed plover 1
Common tern 130 + 36 chicks
House Martin 12
Grey heron 24
Grey wagtail 1
Saline Lagoon
Gadwall 4
Grey heron 2
Hawthorn Wood (lots of fledged wood)
Jay 1
Great spotted woodpecker 2 juvenile
Willow tit 3 + 5 juvenile
Blue tit 6 + 16 juvenile
Great tit 5 + 10 juvenile
Coal tit 3
Bullfinch 13 + 3 juvenile
Greenfinch 4
Goldfinch 12
Chaffinch 9 + 6 juvenile
Wren 1
Stock dove 2
Other birds
Willow warbler - 1 + 3 juvenile - East Down
Whitethroat - 2 + 5 juvenile - Gully
Chiffchaff - 3 + juvenile - Wader Lake footpath
Blackcap - 1 + 1 juvenile -Lagoon footpath
Other wildlife and flora
Bank vole - Hawthorn Wood
Tadpoles
Ruby-tailed wasp
Speckled wood
Azure damselfly
Great mullein
Meadow cranesbill
Bee orchid
Common spotted orchid
Field buttercup
Water forget me not
Yellow loosestrife
