Wildlife sightings – 17/04/16
a.m. Tide level: low
Wader Lake
Avocet 15
Pink-footed goose 1
European white-fronted goose 1
Oystercatcher 4
Lapwing (first chicks seen on the meadow!) 26
Black-tailed godwit 2
Cormorant 1
Swallow 1
Pied wagtail 2
Grey heron 33 + 5 juveniles in nests
Shoveler 6
Saline Lagoon
Oystercatcher 3
Gadwall 2
Hawthorn Wood
Goldfinch 2
Reed bunting 1
Chaffinch 6
Robin 2
Willow tit 1
Long-tailed tit 4
Dunnock 2
Blue tit 5
Magpie 2
Bullfinch 3
Other birds
Great-spotted woodpecker 1 - Close encounters
Blackcap 1 - Hollowood
Wren 1 - Hollowood
Goldcrest 3 - Hollowood/Northwood
Chiffchaff - 12+ (across the site)
Other wildlife species
Mammals:
Grey squirrel
Amphibians:
Toad
Smooth newt
Invertebrates:
Bumble bee
Flora (Spring gill wood)
Primrose
Bluebell
Wood sorrel
