Wildlife Sightings - 15/05/2020
Weather: Sunny
Wind speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake - AM - Low water level
Avocet 42
Lapwing 14
Oystercatcher 2
Redshank 5 ( 1 nesting on meadow)
Curlew 1
Common tern 52
Black headed gull 68
Lesser black backed gull 2
Jackdaw 32
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 4
Lapwing 1
Mute swan 2
Stock dove 2
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 3 (2 male + 1 female)
Nuthatch 2
Treecreeper 1
Willow tit 1
Black cap 1 (male)
Jay 1
Bullfinch 4
Robin 3 (2 adults + 1 juvenile)
Dunnock 1
Wren 1 (nesting under hide)
Other birds noted around site
Tree sparrow (centre feeder) 2
Swallow (Stream Channel) 1
Tawny owl (Hawthorn Wood) 1 chick
Treecreeper (Spring Gill) 1
Mistle thrush (Spring Gill) 2
Other wildlife species around site
Invertebrates:
Speckled wood
Flora / Fungi:
Common vetch
Yellow rattle
