Wildlife sightings 04/05/2020
a.m. generally sunny with some clouds. Breezy. Tide level - mid
Wader Lake
Black tailed godwit
Oystercatcher 2
Little ringed plover 2
Avocet 18
Lapwing 19
Redshank 3
Common tern
Gadwall 7
Shoveler 2
Shelduck 39
Greylag 16
Canada goose 17
Lesser black back gull 3
Black headed gull 24
Saline lagoon
Oystercatcher 2
Avocet 4
Shoveler 2
Grey heron 2 - 1 adult, 1 youngster
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker
Nuthatch
Coal tit 2
Chaffinch 4
Great tit 2
Dunnock
Blue tit 2
Robin 2
Bullfinch
Tree creeper
Other birds across site
Grey heron 32 - 19 adults, 13 youngsters
Chiff chaff 4 - across site
Common whitethroat 3 - East Down
Swallow 2 - East down
Grey partridge 2 - dragonfly ponds
Goldfinch 7 - Wader Lake path
Song thrush - Wader Lake path
Tawny owl - Hawthorn Wood
Reed bunting - filter reedbed
Mammals
Roe deer 3
Invertebrates
Speckled wood butterfly
Orange tip butterfly
Azure damselfly (male)
Scorpion fly
Flora
Glaucous sedge
Cocks root
Germander speedwell
Creeping buttercup
Cuckoo flower