Wildlife sightings 04/05/2020

a.m. generally sunny with some clouds. Breezy. Tide level - mid

Wader Lake

Black tailed godwit

Oystercatcher 2

Little ringed plover 2

Avocet 18

Lapwing 19

Redshank 3

Common tern

Gadwall 7

Shoveler 2

Shelduck 39

Greylag 16

Canada goose 17

Lesser black back gull 3

Black headed gull 24

Saline lagoon

Oystercatcher 2

Avocet 4

Shoveler 2

Grey heron 2 - 1 adult, 1 youngster

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker

Nuthatch

Coal tit 2

Chaffinch 4

Great tit 2

Dunnock

Blue tit 2

Robin 2

Bullfinch

Tree creeper

Other birds across site

Grey heron 32 - 19 adults, 13 youngsters

Chiff chaff 4 - across site

Common whitethroat 3 - East Down

Swallow 2 - East down

Grey partridge 2 - dragonfly ponds

Goldfinch 7 - Wader Lake path

Song thrush - Wader Lake path

Tawny owl - Hawthorn Wood

Reed bunting - filter reedbed

Mammals

Roe deer 3

Invertebrates

Speckled wood butterfly

Orange tip butterfly

Azure damselfly (male)

Scorpion fly

Flora

Glaucous sedge

Cocks root

Germander speedwell

Creeping buttercup

Cuckoo flower



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