Wildlife Sightings - 19/05/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High
Avocet - 36 + 3 chicks (9 nests + 2 broods of chicks)
Lapwing - 14 + 4 chicks
Oystercatcher - 2
Redshank - 4
Black-tailed Godwit - 6
Little Ringed Plover - 2
Grey Heron - 27 adults + 16 chicks
Common Tern - 160
Black-headed Gull - 23
Teal - 2
Saline Lagoon
Oystercatcher - 1
Redshank - 1
Mute Swan - 2
Hawthorn Wood
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 female
Jay - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 6
Goldfinch - 3
Other Birds
Grey Wagtail (flamingo house (nesting)) - 2 adults + 2 chicks
Song Thrush (Wader Lake footpath) - 2
Common Whitethroat (Wader Lake footpath) - 3
Long-tailed Tit (Wader Lake footpath) - 2
Shelduck (site count) - 53
Other Wildlife Species
Amphibians:
Smooth Newt (Forgotten Meadow pond)
Toad Tadpole (Forgotten Meadow pond)
Invertebrates:
Orange Tip
Speckled Wood
Flora:
Ragged Robin (Forgotten Meadow)
Cuckoo Flower (Forgotten Meadow)
Cowslip (Forgotten Meadow)
Northern Marsh Orchid (Forgotten Meadow)
Pignut (Old Oak Meadow)
