Wildlife Sightings - 17/5/18

Wader Lake

A.M Tide Level - Mid 

Avocet - 36

Black-Tailed Godwit - 2

Redshank - 2

Little Ringed Plover - 3

Lapwing - 8

Oystercatcher - 2

Common Tern - 110

Black-Headed Gull - 21

Grey Heron - 33 + 15 young

 

 

Saline Lagoon

A.M Tide Level - Mid

 

Oystercatcher - 1

Black-headed Gull - 3

 

 

Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Bullfinch - 5

Goldfinch - 2

 

Other Birds

Cormorant (river) - 2

Great Black-backed Gull - second summer (river) -  1

Kestrel - male  (Hollowood) - 1

Mute Swan (river) - 2

Mandarin (wild bird - male - close encounters) - 1

Shelduck (site count) - 50

Common Whitethroat (Wader Lake footpath) - 2

Swift (Wader Lake footpath) - 3

 

Other Wildlife Species

Mammals:

Stoat (Hollowood)

 

Amphibians:

Smooth Newt (Forgotten Meadow pond)

 

Invertebrates:

Orange Tip

Wall Brown

Speckled Wood

Peacock

Large White

 

Flora:

Bugle (North Wood)

Ragged Robin (Forgotten Meadow)

Cuckoo Flower (Forgotten Meadow)

Cowslip (Forgotten Meadow)

Northern Marsh Orchid (Forgotten Meadow)

 

 

 

 

 

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