Wildlife Sightings - 17/05/19
Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Light
Wader Lake
A.M Tide Level: Low
Avocet - 40
Oystercatcher - 3
Black-tailed Godwit - 5
Lapwing - 16 + 1 chick
Redshank - 4
Black-headed Gull - 30 (7 nesting)
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6
Common Tern - 100
Grey Heron - 69 (32 adults, 16 juveniles and 21 chicks)
Shoveler - 5 (4 males, 1 female)
Saline Lagoon
A.M Tide Level: Low
Greenshank - 1
Lapwing (pair nesting) - 2
Avocet - 1
Shoveler - 1 (male)
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted Woodepecker - 1 (male)
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 8
Goldfinch - 2
Greenfinch - 4
Chaffinch - 3
Coal Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 3
Great Tit - 4
Robin - 2
Other Birds Around Site
Common Whitethroat (across site) - 10
Chiffchaff (across site) - 14
Willow Warbler (across site) - 5
Reed Warbler (across site) - 3
Sedge Warbler (across site) - 3
Kestrel (1 Wader Lake. 1 Hawthorn Wood) - 2 (males)
Treecreeper (North Wood) - 1
Jay (Spring Gill) 2
Other Wildlife Species Around Site
Amphibians:
Smooth Newt (Amphibian Pond)
Invertebrates:
Speckled Wood
Orange Tip
Tree Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Flora:
Cowslip (Forgotten Meadow)
Bird's Foot Trefoil