Wildlife sightings 07/04/21
Wader Lake (am, high tide):
Avocet 12
Oystercatcher 2
Redshank 9
Lapwing 7
Tufted duck 22 (11 male and 11 female)
Shoveler 7 (5 male and 2 female)
Shelduck 59
Greylag 21
Canada goose 22
Herring gull 33
Lesser black-backed gull 4
Saline lagoon (am, mid-tide):
Gadwall 2 (1 male and 1 female)
Avocet 2
Redshank 1
Teal 8
Shelduck 2
Hawthorn Wood:
Chaffinch 4
Jay 1
Coal tit 1
Blue tit 6
Bullfinch 2 (1 male and 1 female)
Mallard 2 (1 male and 1 female)
Lookout feeding station:
Bullfinch 1 (male)
Chaffinch 7
Dunnock 1
Robin 1
Great tit 3
Other birds on site:
Grey heron 17 in the heronry
Long-tailed tit 2 in North Wood
Mistle thrush 2 in Spring Gill Wood
Kestrel 1 (male) near Old Oak meadow
Goldfinch 2 on East Down
Reed bunting 2 (1 male and 1 female) at the dragonfly ponds and 1 (male) on Wader Lake footpath
Willow warbler 1 at the amphibian ponds
Goldcrest 1 in South Wood
Plus:
Dog's violet, bluebells and wood sorrell in Spring Gill Wood
Cuckoo flower at the amphibian ponds
Wavy bittercress on Wader Lake footpath
Tall fescue on Saline Lagoon meadow
