Wildlife sightings - 14/02/18
Wader Lake (AM, low tide):
Curlew 200 (flew off and headed west at 8.10am)
Shoveler 19 (15 male and 4 female)
Grey heron 4
Kestrel 1 (male)
Gadwall 2 (a pair)
Stock dove 3
Lapwing 29
Shelduck 28
Black-headed gull 250+
Wigeon 2 (a pair)
Herring gull 2
Saline lagoon (AM, low tide):
Curlew 19
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Nuthatch 1
Bullfinch 9
Blue tit 12
Robin 5
Dunnock 2
Great tit 7
Willow tit 2
Plus:
A goshawk low over the gully near Wader Lake
A kestrel at the gully/otter enclosure
Tufted duck on the reservoir 62
Tree sparrow on the centre feeders 7
Flora - snowdrops, primrose, dog's mercury and ramsons