Wildlife sightings - 10/04/17
a.m. Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
Little ringed plover 3
Avocet 24 (multiple pairs on nest scrapes)
Mute swan 2
Kestrel 1
Gadwall 2 (pair)
Shoveler 6
Black-tailed godwit 28
Common snipe 2
Oystercatcher 2
Grey heron 28/9 chicks
Northern lapwing 19
Saline Lagoon
Shelduck 6
Tufted duck 4
Avocet 2
Shoveler 3
Oystercatcher 2
Hawthorn Wood
Chaffinch 6
Bullfinch 5
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 7
Other birds
Grey wagtail - 1 - River viewpoint
Chiffchaff - 20+ - Across reserve
Reed bunting - 1 - Amphibian ponds
Bullfinch - 4 - Lagoon footpath
Mammals
Mole (near corn hut)
Amphibians
Tadpoles
Invertebrates
Peacock butterfly
Speckled wood butterfly
White-tailed bumblebee
Bee fly
Carder bee
Flora
Bluebell
Cowslip
Primrose
Wood sorrel
Lesser celandine
Butterbur
Cuckoo flower
Marsh marigold
