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
