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Wildlife Sightings - 09/06/26

Wildlife Sightings - 09/06/26

Swallows hawking over the meadows hunting, lots of tit species fledging across the site.

am/pm
Wader Lake Species
Water Level
Total
Avocet 1 brood of at least 1 chick behind islands, 1 brood of at least 1 chick near the fingers (parents of this brood defending against jackdaw, lesser black backed gull and herring gull. East Island nest appears to have failed)
23, 2 chicks
Shelduck 1 brood of 1 ducklings with 2 adults
29, 16 ducklings
Black headed gull
112, 21 chicks
Mediterranean x black headed gull nesting
1
Common tern
55
Little ringed plover nesting on right island
1
Sand martins
2
Swallows
2
Oystercatcher 1 brood of at least one juvenile (although 2 were originally in this brood)
4, 1 juvenile
Gadwall
25
Lesser black backed gull
1
Herring gull
7
Grey heron
8
Little egret
1
Tufted duck
7
Redshank
3
am/pm
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Location
Total
Goldfinch
Wader lake footpath
1
Wren
Wader lake footpath
2 singing
Blue tit fledglings
Wader lake footpath
1ad, 4 juv
Greylag goose
Wader lake footpath
2ad, 1 gosling
Great tit fledglings
Middle wood
1ad, 3 juv
Great spotted woodpecker
Hawthorn wood
1 heard
Goldcrest
The Lookout
1 heard
Sedge warbler
Saline Lagoon/River Reedbed
2 heard
Oystercatcher
Saline Lagoon
2
Avocet
Saline Lagoon
2
Blackcap
Hawthorn wood
1 singing
Forgotten meadow
Swallows hunting low over meadow
3
Saline Lagoon meadow
Swallows hunting low over meadow
2

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site  

Mammals:
Amphibians / Fish:
Invertebrates:
Green carpet moth @ Wader lake footpath
Speckled wood butterfly across site
Azure damselfly x2 @Saline Lagoon
          Flora / Fungi: