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





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