Wildlife sightings 26/04/2020
Weather - sunny
Wind speed - low
Tide level - mid
Wader Lake a.m. water levels low
Gadwall 9 - 5 male, 4 female
Avocet 38 - c17 pairs starting to scrape nests
Redshank 4
Lapwing 16
Shoveler 6 - 4 male, 2 female
Oystercatcher 2
Common tern 1
Shelduck 43
Teal 6
Tufted duck 3
Greylag goose 19
Saline lagoon
Lesser black backed gull
Avocet
Shoveler male
Shelduck 3
Teal 2
Hawthorn Wood
Great tit 2
Robin
Blue tit 3
Tree creeper
Bullfinch 2 male
Chaffinch 4 - 1 male, 3 female
Dunnock
Long tailed tit
Great spotted woodpecker male
Other birds across site
Grey heron 30 - heron hedge - 21 adult, 9 young
Chiff chaff 6 across site
Common whitethroat - hidden meadow
Black cap 2 - saline lagoon path
Tawny owl - Hawthorn Wood area
Song thrush 2 - reed bed bank
Amphibians
Toad tadpoles - amphibian ponds
Invertebrates
White tailed bumblebee
Early bumblebee
Water skaters
Small tortoiseshell
Flora
Common dog violet
Common field speedwell
Meadow foxtail