Wildlife sightings 05/05/18 (sorry for the delay)
a.m. high tide
Wader Lake
avocet 34 (along with the 6 birds on lagoon, total of 40 adult birds - site record)
Grey heron 38
Oystercatcher
Little ringed plover
Black tailed godwit
Lapwing 10 adults + 4 chicks
Redshank 2
Common tern 24
Black headed gull 10
Lesser black backed gull 2
Shoveler 4
Shelduck 40
Saline lagoon
Avocet 6
Oystercatcher 2
Redshank 1
Shelduck 2
Tufted duck 4
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker
Nuthatch 2
Bullfinch 8
Greenfinch 2
Goldficnh 2
Long tailed tit
Coal tit 2
Blue tit 5
Great tit 4
Other birds
Lesser whitethroat - Wader Lake footpath
Common white throat 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Reed warbler - one bird at river reedbed + one round table ponds
Sedge warbler - one bird in Wader Lake reeds + one in filter reedbed + two birds in round table ponds (total 4)
willow tit - centre feeders
tree sparrow 4 - centre feeders
oystercatcher - stream channel
Amphibians
Frog spawn - across site
Butterflies across site
Small tortoiseshell
Peacock
Green veined white
Speckled Wood
Flora
Bluebells - Spring Gill
Wild Garlic - Hawthorn Wood
Dog violet - across site