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
