Wildlife sightings - 21/02/17
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Avocet 1 (adult female - earliest arrival on site record!)
Grey heron 44
Oystercatcher 4
Northern Lapwing 45
Tufted duck 8
Shelduck 28
Coot 3
Redshank 25
Common snipe 8
Northern shoveler 12
Saline Lagoon
Eurasian teal 4
Hawthorn Wood
Brambling 2 (pair)
Great spotted woodpecker 2 (pair)
Siskin 3
Greenfinch 1
Chaffinch 15
Bullfinch 12
Robin 4
Dunnock 2
Great tit 7 (+ 1 melanic)
Other birds
Great spotted woodpecker - 1 - Dragonfly ponds
Song thrush - 1 - Dragonfly ponds
Mistle thrush - 3 - Old Oak Meadow (fighting for territory)
Grey heron - 1 - Forgotten Meadow
Flora
Ramsons
Wild garlic emerging
Dog's mercury
Snowdrops
Daffodils
