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Wildlife sightings – 17/04/16

a.m. Tide level: low

Wader Lake

Avocet 15

Pink-footed goose 1

European white-fronted goose 1

Oystercatcher 4

Lapwing (first chicks seen on the meadow!) 26

Black-tailed godwit 2

Cormorant 1

Swallow 1

Pied wagtail 2

Grey heron 33 + 5 juveniles in nests

Shoveler 6

Saline Lagoon

Oystercatcher 3

Gadwall 2

Hawthorn Wood

Goldfinch 2

Reed bunting 1

Chaffinch 6

Robin 2

Willow tit 1

Long-tailed tit 4

Dunnock 2

Blue tit 5

Magpie 2

Bullfinch 3

Other birds

Great-spotted woodpecker 1 - Close encounters

Blackcap 1 - Hollowood

Wren 1 - Hollowood

Goldcrest 3 - Hollowood/Northwood

Chiffchaff - 12+ (across the site)

Other wildlife species

Mammals:

Grey squirrel

Amphibians:

Toad

Smooth newt

Invertebrates:

Bumble bee

Flora (Spring gill wood)

Primrose

Bluebell

Wood sorrel