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


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