Wildlife sightings - 31/5/2018
Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide):
Common tern 120+
Avocet 22
Shelduck 24 + 22 chicks
Lesser black-backed gull 1
Little ringed plover 1
Oystercatcher 3
Gadwall 17
Lapwing 6 + 1 chick
Shoveler 1
Grey heron 15
Saline lagoon:
Shelduck 5
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Great tit 1
Plus:
A male blackcap, two bullfinch and a blackbird on Wader Lake footpath
A jay and a great-spotted woodpecker in Spring Gill Wood
A wren in North Wood
Invertebrates:
Azure blue damselfly on Forgotten Meadow
Tree bumblebee on Wader Lake footpath
Speckled wood butterfly
Flora:
Yellow flag iris
