Wildlife sightings 12/05/2022
Weather...overcast slight breeze
River Wear tide level..mid low
Wader Lake Species
Gadwal -5
Avocet -29
Shell duck -17
Tufted Duck -5
Greylag Goose -5
Wood sandpiper -1
Red shank -23
Mute Swan -1
Shoveler -3
Common Tern -24
Oystercatcher -3
Grey Heron -..12 chicks-26
Black headed Gull -71
Saline Lagoon Species
Lapwing -1
Shell Duck -1
Cormorant..(.flew over)
Other Bird Species noted
Cuckoo (calling)..Middle wood & Hawthorn Wood -1
Sedge Warbler ..River bed,wader lake footpath -5
Green finch,,middle wood -1
Song thrush ..-1
Wren.. Hawthorn wood hide -1
Hawthorn wood species
Tree sparrow -1
Green finch -2
Reed Bunting -1
Great Spotted Woodpecker -1
Dunnock -1
Bullfinch -1
Lapwing -13
Canada Goose -15
Lookout feeding station species
Chaffinch -1
Robin -1
Great Spotted Woodpecker -1
Invertebrates
Green veined white Butterfly ..Hawthorn wood -1
Flora/Fungi
Silverweed..flowering x2
Ragged Robin@forgotton Meadow