Wildlife sightings - 24/05/2017
AM very low tide
Wader Lake :
Avocet 26 + 11 chicks
Black-tailed godwit 1
Gadwall 1
Swift 2
Eurasian starling (flying over) 14
Common tern 126+
Eurasian teal 2
Kestrel 1 (female)
Northern shoveler 2
Grey heron 28
Saline lagoon:
Avocet 2
Shelduck 9
Hawthorn Wood:
Nuthatch 1
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
Greenfinch 3
Bullfinch 9
Blue tit 8
Great tit 6
Robin 3
Dunnock 2
Plus:
A great-spotted woodpecker in Spring Gill Wood
Barn swallow across the reserve 10+
Blackcap across the reserve 7+
Two tree sparrow on the centre feeders
Invertebrates:
Chimney sweeper moth
Cantharis pellucida (soldier beetle species)
Speckled wood and orange tip butterflies
Tree bumblebee and nomada marshmella (nomad bee)
Flora:
Germander speedwell
Ox-eye daisy
Red campion
Ragged robin
Yellow flag iris
Water mint
Bugle
Mammals:
Rabbit
Grey squirrel
Amphibians:
Tadpoles
