Wildlife sightings - 20/06/2020
a.m. Tide level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 38
Lapwing 18
Redshank 7
Oystercatcher 2 + 1 chick
Common tern - 87 + 61 chicks
Black-headed gull 90 + 36 chicks
Shelduck 10 + 20 ducklings
Kestrel 1
Swift 4
Grey heron 18
Saline Lagoon
Lapwing 4
Black-headed gull 10
Lessr black-backed gull 1
Grey heron
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted woodpecker 4
Nuthatch 2
Tree sparrow 1
Bullfinch 9
Goldfinch 4
Greenfinch 4
Jay 2
Stock dove 2
Other birds
Tufted duck - 12 + 3 ducklings - Reservoir
Shelduck - 2 + 18 ducklings - Reservoir
Reed bunting - Wader Lake footpath
Osytercatcher - Stream channel
Tree sparrow - 3 + 5 juvenile - Education barn
Greenfinch - 2 - Education barn scrub
Invertebrates
Speckled wood butterfly
Meadow brown butterfly
Common blue butterfly
Large skipper
Flora / fungi
Common spotted-orchid
Goat's beard
Chicory
Field scabious
Selfheal
Water forget-me-not
