Wildlife sightings - 26/05/2018

a.m. Tide level: low

Wader Lake

Avocet: 32 + 5 chicks (2 broods)

Oystercatcher 2

Little ringed plover 2

Redshank 2

Lapwing 8

Black-tailed godwit 2

Common tern 152 (46 nesting/on eggs)

Black headed gull 32

Mute swan 2

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing 1

Redshank 2

Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch 6

Chaffinch 4

Nuthatch 1

Blackcap 1

Great spotted woodpecker 1 (male)

Other birds

Curlew - river: 1

Tree sparrow - centre feeders: 2

Great spotted woodpecker - centre feeders: 1 (male)

Greenfinch - centre feeders: 2

Common whitethoat - river footpath: 3

Other wildlife species

Mammals:

Stoat - Wader Lake footpath

Amphibians:

Smooth newt - Forgotten Meadow pond

Invertebrates:

Small copper

Orange tip

Peacock

Speckled Wood

Flora:

Ragged robin

Bird's-foot trefoil

Cuckoo flower

Northern marsh orchid

Yellow rattle

Yellow flag iris

 

 

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