Wildlife Sightings 06/06/19

Weather: Sunny

Wind Speed: Light


Wader Lake Time: AM Tide: Low

Avocet - 30 & 2 chicks

Lapwing - 9 & 2 new chicks

Redshank - 5 & 1 chick

Black-tailed Godwit - 2

Oystercatcher - 3

Black-headed Gull - 62

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2

Common Tern - 214 & 2 chicks

Gadwall - 20 & 2 ducklings

Shoveler - 4

Shelduck - 14 & 10 ducklings


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide: Low

Avocet - 4

Oystercatcher - 2

Lapwing - 1

Kestrel (lagoon meadow) - 1 female


Hawthorn Wood

Jay - 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male

Nuthatch - 2

Bullfinch - 9 & 5 juvenile

Siskin - 1 & 1 juvenile

Greenfinch - 3


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Mistle Thrush (over play area) - 1

Goldcrest (Hawthorn Wood) - 2 & 1 juvenile

Jackdaw (wader meadow) - 43

Sedge Warbler (Wader Lake footpath) - 1

Blackcap (Wader Lake footpath) - 2

Common Whitethroat (Wader Lake footpath) - 3

Song Thrush (Wader Lake footpath) - 1


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Invertebrates:

Red Admiral

Golden Bloomed Grey

Longhorn Beetle

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