Wildlife sightings - 05/05/21
Wader Lake (AM, high tide):
Whimbrel 1
Common terns 28
Gadwall 2
Shelduck 20
Shoveler 28
Avocet 30
Grey heron 20 (plus 5 on the meadow)
Black-headed gull 45
Oystercatcher 5
Lapwing 9
Herring gull 35
Saline lagoon (AM, high tide):
Avocet 2
Mallard 18
Canada goose 2 (on the meadow)
Greylag goose 2 (on the meadow)
Jay 1
Hawthorn Wood:
Nuthatch 1
Dunnock 1
Chaffinch 3
Bullfinch 2 (male)
Reed bunting 1 (male)
Blue tit 2
Lookout feeding station:
Bullfinch 2 (one male, one female)
Chaffinch 2
Blue tit 3
Plus:
Blackcap heard singing 6
Stitchwort at the amphibian ponds
Bush vetch on the saline lagoon footpath
Adder's-tongue fern on Top Meadow
