Wildlife sightings - 12/06/17
a.m. Tide Level: Mid (going out)
Wader Lake
Avocet 26 + 20 chicks
Kestrel 2
Black-tailed godwit 2
Ringed plover 3
Little ringed plover
Common tern 140 +
Grey heron 13
Shoveler 2
Gadwall 2
Shelduck 20 + 11 ducklings
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 2
Grey heron 1
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 3
Jay 3
Bullfinch 5
Chaffinch 9
Robin 2
Blue tit 5
Great tit 5
Other birds
Common whitethroat - 2 - Lagoon footpath
Swift - 5 - Old Oak Meadow
Swallow - 9 - Old Oak Meadow
Feral mandarin - 1 - Close Encounters
Ferruginous duck (wild) - 1 - Whitehead pen
Other wildlife
Tadpoles
Smooth newt
Tree bumblebee
Chimney sweep
Meadow brown
Flora
Fox-and-cubs (flower)
Bee orchid
Northern Marsh-orchid
Common spotted orchid
Oxeye daisy
Black medick
