Wildlife sightings - 05/06/19
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 25 (+ freshly hatched young)
Swallow 1
Swift 6
Common tern 170+ (+ freshly hatched young)
Grey heron 27
Black-tailed godwit 2
Shelduck 30 (+ 21 young)
Shoveler 7
Gadwall 29 (+ 2 young)
Redshank 2
Lapwing 5
Oystercatcher 3
Tufted duck 8
Saline Lagoon
Linnet 1
Shelduck 2
Oystercatcher 1
Black-headed gull 5
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted woodpecker 3 (including juvenile)
Siskin juvenile 1
Bullfinch 8 (+ 2 juvenile)
Jay 1
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 2 (+ 2 juvenile)
Other birds
Willow tit - heard - Wader Lake footpath
Lesser black-backed gull - 1- Reservoir
Kestrel - 1 - Hawthorn Wood
Stock dove - 1 - Top Meadow
Tree sparrow - 1 - Centre feeders
Invertebrates
Peacock butterfly
Sailor beetle
Red soilder beetle
Tenthredo livida (sawfly species)
Flora
Ox Eye daisy
