Skip to content header Skip to main content Skip to content footer

Centre closure

On Thursday 18 September, we will be closed to visitors for operational reasons. We will reopen as usual on Friday 19 September. Thank you for your understanding.

Close alert

Wildlife Sightings - 17/5/18

Wader Lake

A.M Tide Level - Mid 

Avocet - 36

Black-Tailed Godwit - 2

Redshank - 2

Little Ringed Plover - 3

Lapwing - 8

Oystercatcher - 2

Common Tern - 110

Black-Headed Gull - 21

Grey Heron - 33 + 15 young

 

 

Saline Lagoon

A.M Tide Level - Mid

 

Oystercatcher - 1

Black-headed Gull - 3

 

 

Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Bullfinch - 5

Goldfinch - 2

 

Other Birds

Cormorant (river) - 2

Great Black-backed Gull - second summer (river) -  1

Kestrel - male  (Hollowood) - 1

Mute Swan (river) - 2

Mandarin (wild bird - male - close encounters) - 1

Shelduck (site count) - 50

Common Whitethroat (Wader Lake footpath) - 2

Swift (Wader Lake footpath) - 3

 

Other Wildlife Species

Mammals:

Stoat (Hollowood)

 

Amphibians:

Smooth Newt (Forgotten Meadow pond)

 

Invertebrates:

Orange Tip

Wall Brown

Speckled Wood

Peacock

Large White

 

Flora:

Bugle (North Wood)

Ragged Robin (Forgotten Meadow)

Cuckoo Flower (Forgotten Meadow)

Cowslip (Forgotten Meadow)

Northern Marsh Orchid (Forgotten Meadow)

 

 

 

 

 

  • Share this article