Wildlife sightings - 07/04/17
AM, LOW TIDE
Wader Lake
Avocet 24 (site total 28)
Lapwing 16 (with seven nests)
Redshank 10
Black-tailed godwit 20
Common snipe 8
Jack snipe 1
Oystercatcher 4
Shelduck 23
Mute swan 7
Grey heron 30 +9 chicks
AM, LOW TIDE
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 4
Oystercatcher 4
Shelduck 21
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
Nuthatch 1
Bullfinch 8
Goldfinch 12
Greenfinch 4
Chaffinch 24
Willow tit 1
Coal tit 5
Reed bunting 2
Rabbit 2
Other bird species on site
Goosander on the river 1
Jay at Spring Gill 2
Tree sparrow near the education barn 4
Linnet at the Lagoon View Hide 2
Chiffchaff across site 16
Willow warbler across site 5
Blackcap across site 2
Other wildlife species
A rabbit at Wader Lake
Frog spawn hatching across site
Comma and small white butterflies
Bluebells, cowslip, primrose, butterbur, wild garlic, wood sorrel, cuckoo flower and marsh marigold
