New Year's Day wildlife sightings

a.m. low tide

Wader Lake

Canada goose 82

Canada/greylag cross 1

Greylag goose 5

Shelduck 16

Shoveler 6

Teal 30

Redshank 6

Lapwing 15

Saline lagoon

Curlew 5

Kingfisher

Black headed gull 324

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 3 (2 male, 1 female)

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Bullfinch 23

Chaffinch 10

Willow tit 2

Coal tit 7

Robin 5

Dunnock 6

Other birds

Grey heron 5 - river

Cormorant 3 - river

Kestrel (male) Wader Lake footpath

Reed bunting (male) - Wader Lake footpath

Goldcrest 2 - Hollowood

Tree sparrow 3 - centre feeders

Robin 5 - centre feeders

Dunnock 5 - centre feeders

Mammals

Fresh molehills - centre feeders

Otter tracks - window on the wear 2

Flora - Hazel catkins - across site

Jelly ear fungi - gully

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