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Wildlife Sightings 12-09-2021

Wildlife Sightings 12-09-2021
Weather: overcast Wind speed: low River wear tide level: high

A.M

Wader lake:

Black- tailed Godwit - 16

Red shank - 59

Lapwing - 88

Curlew - 11

Common Snipe - 3

Ruff - 2

Teal - 43

Mute Swan - 3

Black-headed Gull - 99

Grey Heron - 3

Saline lagoon:

Grey Heron - 1

Black-headed Gull - 8

Other birds noted around site:

Long-tailed tit - 9 (Hawthorn wood)

Tufted duck - 13 (Reservoir)

Hawthorn wood:

Willow tit - 1

Chaffinch - 18

Green finch - 2

Blue tit - 12

Bullfinch - 4

Wood pigeon

Lookout feeding station:

Robin - 1

Bullfinch - 2

Great tit - 1

Dunnock - 1

Coal tit - 2

Nuthatch

Other wildlife species around site:

Invertebrates:

Orange Ladybird

Cherry Gall (oak trees)

( cynips quercusfolii (Cherry Gall Wasp)

Flora / Fungi:

sea club rush ( Saline lagoon)