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Wildlife Sightings - 9/06/19

Wildlife Sightings - 9/06/19
Weather: Sunny

Wind Speed: Light

Wader Lake - AM - Tide: High

Avocet - 34 + 3 chicks
Lapwing - 8 + 2 chicks
Redshank - 6 + 4 chicks
Oystercatcher - 3 + 1 chick
Black-tailed godwit - 2
Common tern - 170 + 10 chicks
Black-headed gull - 33 + 10 chicks
Grey heron - 51
Gadwall - 29
Shoveler - 5
Shelduck - 14 + 20 ducklings

Saline Lagoon - AM - Tide: High
Avocet - 2
Lapwing - 2
Redshank - 2
Oystercatcher - 2

Hawthorn Wood
Greater-spotted woodpecker - 1 + 2 juvenile
Jay - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 10 + 4 juvenile
Goldfinch - 6 + 4 juvenile
Greenfinch - 4
Siskin - 2 + 1 juvenile
Reed bunting - 1

Other birds noted around site:
Song thrush - Lagoon Path - 2
Tree sparrow - Centre Feeders - 1 + 2 juvenile
Mute swan - River - 2
Mute swan - Reedbed - 2 + 1 cygnet
Sedge warbler - Wader Lake Reedbed - 1

Other wildlife species around site:
Invertebrates:
Painted lady - Wader Lake Footpath - 5
Flora:
Common mouse-ear - Wader Lake Footpath

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