Wildlife Sightings - 04/08/19

Wind Speed: Slight breeze

Wader Lake - AM - High Tide (Muddy Conditions)
Avocet - 21
Lesser black-backed gull - 3
Curlew - 3
Mallard - 9
Black-tailed godwit - 8
Redshank - 27
Teal - 4
Grey heron - 4
Common tern - 28+
Coot - 1
Lapwing - 125

Saline Lagoon
Mallard - 41
Lapwing - 19
Gadwall - 4
Shelduck - 2
Grey heron - River reedbed - 1

Hawthorn Wood
Jay - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 3
Great-spotted woodpecker - 1
Long-tailed tit - 7
Chaffinch - 5
Dunnock - 1
Great tit - 3
Blue tit - 5

Other Birds
Kestrel - Hawthorn Wood - 1
Sparrowhawk - Spring Gill Wood - 2
Green sandpiper - Behind Close Encounters - 2

Other Wildlife
Invertebrates:
Painted Lady
Large white
White-tailed bumblebee

Flora:
Knapweed

Other Notes:
Look out for waders arriving such as ruff and greenshank

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