Wildlife sightings - 05/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Grey heron 6

Shelduck 28

Lapwing 119

Shoveler 4

Wigeon 1

Great black-backed gull 2

Mute swan 2

Common snipe 11

Reed bunting 1

Saline Lagoon

Oystercatcher (heard) 1

Curlew 1

Redshank 1

Eurasian teal (3 pairs) 9

Shelduck (pair) 2

Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch 2

Willow tit 1

Jay 2

Sparrowhawk 1

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Great tit 4

Coal tit 2

Blue tit 7

Goldcrest 1

Bullfinch 5

Other birds

Stock dove - 2 (pair) - Old Oak meadow

Bullfinch - 2 (pair) - Old Oak meadow

Song thrush in full song - 1 - East downs

Sparrowhawk - 1- Over lagoon path

Flora

Wild garlic (ramsons) emerging near lagoon hide

Bluebells

Snowdrops

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