Wildlife sightings - 16/05/2022

a.m. Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Avocet 41

Black-tailed godwit 1

Oystercatcher 2

Redshank 5

Lapwing 7

Common tern 32

Shelduck 53 (8 chicks)

Gadwall 2

Shoveler 3

Tufted duck 10

Canada goose 14

Greylag 15 (5 goslings)

Swallow 6

Black-headed gull 62

Herring gull

Saline Lagoon

Grey heron 1

Shoveler 1

Shelduck 1

Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch 1

Dunnock 1

Great-spotted woodpecker 2

Bullfinch 2

Robin 1

Great tit 5

The Lookout

Bullfinch 2

Blue tit 2

Chaffinch 1

Other birds

Blackcap - 1 - Gully

Willow tit - 1 - Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch - 2 - Hawthorn Wood

Sedge warbler - 3 - Filter reedbed

Reed warbler - 2 - Filter reedbed

Flora/fungi

Early purple orchid

Ground elder

Guelder rose

Bulbous buttercup

Japanese rose

Dog wood

Charlock

Perennial rye grass

Kidney vetch


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