Wildlife Sightings - 14/05/2024

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Weather: overcast

River Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Oystercatcher - 2

Common Tern - 15

Sand Martin - 7

Shelduck - 8

Grey Heron - 15 (Heronry)

Mute Swan - 2

Avocet - 25

Black headed Gull - 148

Mediterranean + Black-Headed Gull - 1

Tufted Duck - 7

Herring Gull - 2

Canada +Graylag Goose - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Great Tit - 3

Blue Tit - 1

Bullfinch - 1

Goldfinch - 1

Chaffinch - 3

Coal Tit - 2

Robin - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Canada Goose - 12 (Wader Lake)

Graylag Goose - 1 (Wader Lake)

Lapwing - 2 (Wader Lake)

Redshank - 3 (Wader Lake)

shoveler - 2 (Wader Lake)

Gadwall - 3 (Wader Lake)

Graylag Goose - 4 + 7 chicks (Wader Lake Meadows)

Canada Goose - 7 (Wader Lake Meadows)

Redshank - 1 (Wader Lake Meadows)

Lapwing - 6 (Wader Lake Meadows)

Shelduck - 2 (Wader Lake Meadows)

Black Cap - 1 Singing (Wader Lake Footpath)

Tufted duck - 8 (River Wear)

Sand Martin - 11 (River Wear)

Canada Goose - 4 (River Wear)

Shelduck - 2 (River Wear)

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Invertebrates:

14 spot Lady bug

Red and Black froghopper - 3

Speckled Wood (Middle Wood) - 1

Panzer's Nomad Bee - 3

Common Carder Mining Bee - 1

Early Bumblebee - 1

Hawthorn Mining Bee - 1

Flora/Fungi:

Broad leaved Marsh Orchid

Cookoo Flower


Northern Marsh Orchid

Common Vetch

Prickly Sowthistle

Red Campion

Ragged Robin

Yellow Iris


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