Wildlife sightings - 23/04/17

a.m. Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Avocet 18

Lapwing 27 + 2 chicks

Little ringed plover 2

Black-tailed godwit 20

Redshank 4

Oystercatcher 4

Grey heron 30 + 15 young

Shelduck 16

Shoveler 4

Teal 4

Common snipe 6

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 6

Oystercatcher 2

Mute swan 2

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 1

Great spotted woodpecker 2

Nuthatch 1

Willow tit 1

Long-tailed tit 2

Bullfinch 8

Greenfinch 4

Goldfinch 14

Other birds

Grey wagtail - 2 - Flamingo house

Gadwall

Blackcap - 5 - Site count

Common whitethroat - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Reed warbler - 2 - Filter reedbed + round table pond

Chiffchaff - 12 - Site count

Willow warbler - 6 - Site count

Reed bunting - 6 - Site count

Tree sparrow - 4 - Pond zone

Other wildlife

Frog and toad tadpoles

Small tortoiseshell butterfly

Peacock butterfly

Orangetip butterfly

Buff-tailed bumblebee

Red-tailed bumblebee

Common carder bee

Tree bumblebee

Speckled wood butterfly

Flora

Bird cherry

Apple tree

Bluebell

Cowslip

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