Wildlife sightings - 20/07/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 8
Little-ringed plover 1
Common sandpiper 1
Lapwing 42
Redshank 23
Oystercatcher 4
Common tern - adult 90
Common tern - juvenile/fledged 86
Common tern - chicks 30
Shelduck 12
Gadwall 16
Saline Lagoon
Little egret 2 (1 adult and 1 second year bird)
Black-headed gull 116
Lapwing 13
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted 3
Treecreeper
Jay 2
Bullfinch 14
Greenfinch 6
Goldfinch 6
Chaffinch 9
Robin 2 ad + 3 juvenile
Wren 1 ad + juvenile
Other birds
Cormorant - 2 - River
Teal - 2 - Filter reedbed
Reed warbler - 1 adult + 3 young - Filter reedbed
Long-tailed tit - 5 - Wader Lake footpath
Song thrush - 1 + 2 juvenile - Wader Lake footpath
Blackcap - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Mammals
Weasel - Forgotten Meadow
Flora
St John's wort
Meadow vetch
Red dead nettle
Yarrow
Salad burnet
Great burnet
