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Sightings 9/5/16

Wader Lake   (Time: AM   Tide Level: Mid)

Common Tern: 32

Little Ringed Plover: 2

Avocet: 16

Gadwall: 8

Shoveler: 3

Whitethroat: 2

Sedge Warbler: 1

Stock Dove: 2

Lapwing (& chicks): 20

 

Saline Lagoon   (Time: AM  Tide Level: Mid)

Grey Heron: 1

Redshank: 1

Common Sandpiper: 1

 

Hawthorn Wood

Willow Tit (pair): 2

Jay: 1

Bullfinch: 5

Chaffinch: 7

Greenfinch: 2

 

Other Birds

Blackcap (pair at North Wood): 2

Kestrel  (play area): 1

Reed Warbler (filter reedbed): 1

Whitethroat (Amphibian Ponds): 1

Greenfinch (corn hut): 1

 

Other Wildlife Species

Amphibians:

Smooth Newt

Toad

Tadpoles

Invertebrates:

St Mark's Fly

Honey Bee (worker)

Red-Tailed bumblebee

Orange-Tip butterfly

Flora:

Bluebell

Marsh Marigold