Wildlife sightings - 03/06/16
a.m. Tide level: low
Wader Lake
Avocet 16 + 12 chicks
Lapwing 11 + 2 juvenile + 5 chicks
Ringed plover 1
Oystercatcher 3
Common tern 210 (80 nests)
Grey heron 15 + 25 young
Saline Lagoon
Grey heron 2
Gadwall 5
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 2
Jay 1
Willow tit 3
Coal tit 5
Blue tit 7
Great tit 5
Bullfinch 6
Chaffinch 10
Greenfinch 4
Goldfinch 6
Other birds
Long tailed tit (family party) - 22 - Middle Wood
Common whitethroat - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Willow warbler - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Chiffchaff - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Song thrush - 3 - Wader Lake footpath
Kestrel - 1 - Top Meadow
Mistle thrush - 2 - Top Meadow
Other wildlife/flora
Tadpoles developing well (amphib pond)
Orange tip butterfly
Speckled wood butterfly
Ragged robin
*Top meadow orchid count*
9637 Northern marsh orchid
28 spotted orchid
