Wildlife sightings - 28/05/2017
a.m. Tide level: mid
Wader Lake
Avocet 17 + 12 chicks
Lapwing 18 + 11 chicks
Shoveller 4
Gadwall 3
Ringed Plover 1
Black tailed godwit 1
Shelduck 27 + 11 young
Common tern 125+
Oystercatcher 2
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 2
Lesser black-backed gull 1
Grey heron 3
Oystercatcher 2
Hawthorn Hide
Jay 2
Great spotted woodpecker 2
Willow tit 2
Bullfinch 14
Blue tit 3
Goldfinch 5
Great tit 4
Chaffinch 9
Other birds
Sedge warbler - Filter reedbed: 2
Shelduck - Filter reedbed: 2
Tufted duck - filter reedbed: 1
Jay - Wader Lake footpath: 1
Other wildlife species
Mammals:
Rabbit
Amphibians:
Tadpoles
Invertebrates:
Marsham's nomad bee
Tree bumblebee
Garden bumblebee
Heliophanus flavipes (uncommon jumping spider species)
Flora:
Ragged robin
Fox-and-cubs
Yellow flag iris
