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WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS 13/05/17

WADER LAKE / AM / MID TIDE

Avocet - 17 + 3 chicks

Lapwing - 14 + 14 chicks

Redshank - 2

Oystercatcher - 2

Ringed Plover - 2

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Grey Heron - 26

Common Tern - 107

Shoveler - 3

 

SALINE LAGOON / AM / MID TIDE

Avocet - 4

Oystercatcher - 2

Shoveler - 2

Gadwall - 2

 

OTHER BIRDS

Swift (over site) - 6

Swallow (over site) - 16

House Martin (over site) - 3

Sand Martin (over site) - 1

Common Whitethroat (site count) - 6

Tree Sparrow (Pond Zone) - 2

Great Woodpecker (Pond Zone) - 1

 

HAWTHORN WOOD

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3

Nuthatch - 1

Willow Tit - 2

Coal Tit - 3

Blue Tit - 4

Great Tit - 5

Bullfinch - 6

Chaffinch - 4

Greenfinch - 2

Dunnock - 2

Jay - 1

 

OTHER WILDLIFE SPECIES

Meadow Brown

 

FLORA

Field Scabious

Oxeye Daisy