Wildlife Sightings - 21/05/19
Weather: Bright
Wind Speed: Light breeze
Wader Lake
AM Tide Level: Mid
Avocet - 42
Shoveler - 5
Shelduck - 19
Gadwall - 6
Lapwing (+ 2 chicks) - 19
Common Tern - 133
Oystercatcher - 5
Black-tailed Godwit - 7
Redshank - 5
Black-headed Gull - 30
Saline Lagoon
Tide Level: Mid
Avocet - 2
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 2
Shoveler - 1 (male)
Shelduck - 2
Hawthorn Wood
Coal Tit - 2
Goldfinch - 7
Bullfinch - 5
Robin- 1
Nuthatch - 1
Great Tit - 3
Blue Tit - 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 (male)
Other Birds Noted Around Site
Chaffinch (Spring Gill) - 1
Common Whitethroat (Amphibian pond) - 2
Blackcap (across site)
Wren (Saline Meadow path) - 1
Grey Heron (Heron Hedge) - 23
Jackdaw (Wader Lake Meadow) - 35
Chiffchaff (Reservoir)
Tufted Duck (as above) - 21
Other Wildlife Species Around Site
Invertebrates
Speckled Wood
Red Admiral
Flora
Marsh Valerian
Common Mouse-ear
False Fox Sedge
Blue Water Speedwell