Wildlife Sightings - 21/05/2020
Weather: Sunny
Wind speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake - AM - Water level low
Avocet 35 + 7 chicks (4 broods)
Lapwing 15
Redshank 6 (5 on the meadow)
Oystercatcher 3
Common tern 120
Black headed gull 58
Lesser black backed gull 1 (flying over)
Gadwall 5 (3 male, 2 female)
Shelduck 28
Shoveler 4 (3 male, 1 female)
Grey heron 37
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 1
Lapwing 1
Gadwall 2 (male)
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 4
Nuthatch 1
Treecreeper 1
Bullfinch 4
Other birds noted around site
Mute swan (River Wear) 2
Cormorant (River Wear) 2
Herring gull (River Wear) 27
Lesser black backed gull (River Wear) 6
PM: Shelduck 22 + 4 ducklings (Wader Lake)
Other wildlife species around site
Mammals:
Common shrew
Amphibians / Fish
Smooth Newt 10 (Amphibian Ponds)
Great crested newt 1 (female)
Invertebrates:
Common blue 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Orange tip 1 (female)
Wall brown 1
Speckled wood
Broad bodied chaser (male)
Flora / Fungi:
Oxeye daisy
