Wildlife sightings - 24/04/18
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Avocet 34 (highest ever adult number recorded at once before breeding)
Shoveler 5
Reed warbler 1
Black-tailed godwit 4
Little-ringed plover 2
Mute swan 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Gadwall 4
Grey heron 24+
Eurasian teal 2
Saline Lagoon
Oystercatcher 2
Shelduck 4
Hawthorn Wood
Bullfinch 4
Great tit 2
Blue tit 5
Other birds
Blackcap - 4 - Wader Lake footpath/dragonfly ponds
Willow warbler 0 1 0 Top meadow
Chiffchaff - 1 - Dragonfly ponds
Kestrel - 1 - Amphibian ponds
Sedge warbler - 1 - Filter reedbed (singing)
Grey wagtail - 1 - Gully
Lesser whitethroat - 1 - Outside Diageo hide
Gadwall - 2 - Hunters Creek enclosure
Shoveler - 2 - Hunters Creek enclosure
Mammals
Hedgehog
Invertebrates
Tawny mining bee
Nomads cuckoo bee
Flora
Cuckoo flower
Bugle
Marsh marigold
Apple trees in orchard beginning to blossom
