Wildlife sightings - 13/07/17

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Lesser black-backed gull 1

Grey heron 8

Avocet 7 + 3 young (promptly leaving site)

Little ringed plover 1

Oystercatcher 3

Common tern 150+

Saline Lagoon

Black-backed gull 42

Lapwing 12

Jay 1 (over reedbed)

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Chaffinch 8

Blue tit 9

Coal tit 2

Great tit 10

Robin 5

Other birds

Lesser black-backed gull - 1 - River wear

Tufted duck - 21 - Reservoir

Invertebrates

Comma

Red admiral

Common backswimmer

Blue-tailed damselfly

Flora

Betony

Yellow monkey flower

Purple loosestrife

Water Mint

Greater burnet

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