Wildlife sightings - 20/02/2018
Wader Lake (AM, low tide):
Female pintail (first record for at least five years)
Black-tailed godwit 2
Mute swan 2
Grey heron 26
Tufted duck 6 (2 male, 4 female)
Oystercatcher 4
Kestrel 2 (pair)
Gadwall 2 (pair)
Common snipe 9
Eurasian wigeon 3 (2 male, one female)
Shelduck 28
Saline lagoon (AM, low tide):
Curlew 1
Shelduck 7
Eurasian teal 12
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Great-spotted woodpecker 2 (males)
Greenfinch 1
Long-tailed tit 6
Bullfinch 7 (4 male, 3 female)
Nuthatch 1
Goldfinch 1
Chaffinch 7
Blackbird 2
Plus:
Tree sparrow and song thrush heard on East Down
Tree sparrow on the centre feeders 7
Ramsons
Snow drops
Coral spot fungus
