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

 

 

 

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