Wildlife sightings - 23/04/18

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Black-tailed godwit 12

Avocet 26

Grey heron 19 (+ juveniles ready to fledge)

Shoveler 4

Stock dove 2

Shelduck 16

Redshank 3

Saline Lagoon

Oystercatcher 2

Shelduck 6

Hawthorn Wood

Reed bunting 1

Bullfinch 7

Robin 1

Other birds

Swallow - 6 - Over the reserve

Blackcap - 1 - Dragonfly ponds

Willow warbler - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Ferruginous duck - 1 - Filter reedbed

Reed bunting - 1 - Filter reedbed

Shoveler - 1 - Filter reedbed

Tree sparrow - 2 - Centre feeders

Other wildlife

Large bee-fly

Green-veined white butterfly

Woman cuckoo bee

Bumblebees:

Buff-tailed

White-tailed

Carder

Tree

Whirligig beetle

Flora

Cuckoo flower

Marsh marigold

White dead nettle

Bugle

Ramsons

Dog's Mercury

Lords-&-ladies

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