Wildlife sightings 03/05/2020
a.m. weather overcast, wind speed v low, tide level mid
Redshank 6
Lapwing 15
Avocet 35
Little ringed plover
Black tailed godwit
Common tern 14
Gadwall 9
Shoveler 2
Shelduck 24
Greylag 11
Canada goose 23
Saline lagoon
Redshank 2
Shoveler 1
Shelduck 6
Canada goose 2
Greylag 3
Lesser black backed gull 2
Black headed gull 24
Herring gull
Hawthorn Wood
Robin 3
Nuthatch
Blue tit 2
Bullfinch 3
Great tit 3
Great spotted woodpecker
Chaffinch 3
Other birds across site
Grey heron 31 (17 adult, 14 young) - heron hedge
Wren - Hollowood
Chiff chaff - across site
Long tailed tit - South wood
Mute swan 2 - river Wear
Black cap - 2 - saline meadow path
Common whitethroat - across site
Greenfinch - Wader Lake path
Mammals
Roe deer 2
Invertebrates
7 spot ladybird
Common carder bee
Wolf spider
Flora
Common vetch
Spring sedge
Comfrey
Wood avers
