Wildlife sightings - 31/05/2017
AM mid tide
Wader Lake:
Avocet 27 adults + 12 chicks
Oystercatcher 2 adults + 1 chick
Lapwing 10 adults + 9 chicks
Ringed plover 2
Little-ringed plover 2
Redshank 2
Common tern 175
Black-headed gull 83
Grey heron 11 adults + 22 juveniles
Shoveler 3
Saline Lagoon:
Avocet 2
Oystercatcher 2 adults + 1 chick
Gadwall 2
Mute swan 2
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
Nuthatch 1
Willow tit 2
Coal tit 3
Bullfinch 8
Greenfinch 4
Goldfinch 4
Jay 2
Blackcap 1
Plus:
Chiffchaff 1 adult + 4 juveniles on Wader Lake footpath
Swallow 6 on Wader Lake
Tree sparrow 2 at the Pond Zone
Shelduck 33 adults + 21 ducklings (site count)
Swift 3 over site
Other wildlife species:
Smooth newt in Forgotten Meadow Pond
Painted lady, orange tip, peacock and speckled wood butterflies
Tree bumblebee
Flora - yellow flag iris, ragged robin, yellow rattle, ox-eye daisy, northern marsh orchid
