Wildlife sightings - 10/2/2018
Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide):
Lapwing 260
Redshank 4
Common snipe 6
Wigeon 2
Teal 44
Shoveler 10
Shelduck 26
Lesser black-backed gull 5
Herring gull 47
Black-headed gull 460
Curlew (flew off at 8.15am at headed west) 500
Saline lagoon: (AM mid-tide):
Curlew (on Wader Meadow) 100
Hawthorn Wood hide:
Goldcrest 2
Treecreeper 1
Nuthatch 1
Great-spotted woodpecker (two female, one male) 3
Bullfinch 20
Chaffinch 10
Willow tit 1
Long-tailed tit 8
Coal tit 8
Plus:
A woodcock (flushed by a stoat) at North Wood
A male kestrel taking a blackbird on Wader Lake footpath
Tree sparrows (6) and great-spotted woodpecker (2) on the centre feeders
Gadwall (3), tufted duck (72) and shoveler (2) on the reservoir
