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Wildlife sightings - 30/05/17

AM mid tide

Wader Lake:

Avocet 26 adults + 11 chicks

Common terns 117

Oystercatcher 2

Shoveler 2

Black-tailed godwit 1

Ringed plover 1

Little-ringed plover 1

Redshank 3

Lapwing 17 adults + 9 chicks

Grey heron 25

 

Saline Lagoon:

Oystercatcher 2

Shelduck 16

Tufted duck 9

 

Hawthorn Wood:

Great-spotted woodpecker 3

Willow tit 2

Bullfinch 8

Chaffinch 9

Blue tit 6

Robin 4

 

Plus:

A feral mandarin drake in Close Encounters

Shelduck at the reservoir 2 adults + 6 chicks

Shelduck on Forgotten Meadow 13

Goldfinch on the centre feeders 2

Greenfinch on the centre feeders 2

 

Mammals:

Bank vole at Hawthorn Wood feeding station

 

Amphibians:

Frog and toad tadpoles in the wildlife ponds

 

Invertebrates:

Tree bumblebee

Whirligig beetles

 

Flora:

Fox-and-cubs

Yellow rattle

Yellow flag iris

Ragged robin

Water mint

Purple loosestrife

Northern marsh orchid