Wildlife sightings - 10/07/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake

Shelduck 6 (4 adult 2 young)

Avocet 27 (17 adult 10 young)

Common tern 107 (72 adult 35 young)

Little-ringed plover 1

Pied wagtail 3

Oystercatcher 1

Snipe 1

Sand Martin 1

Grey heron 5

Greylag 8

Black-headed gull 80+

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing 2

Woodpigeon 3

Hawthorn Wood

Dunnock 1

Bluetit 7

Great tit 4

Chaffinch 3

Bullfinch 4

Greenfinch 1

Willow tit 2

Coal tit 1

Great-spotted woodpecker 2

Other birds

Lesser black-backed gull - 2 - River Wear

Wren - 1 - Saline Lagoon footpath

Crow - 1 - South Wood

Goldfinch - 4 - Wader Lake footpath

Blackbird - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Long-tailed tit - 3 - Corn hut fenceline

Tufted duck - 21 - Reservoir

Robin - Centre feeders

Other wildlife

Mole (Amphibian pond)

Invertebrates

Large white

Speckled wood butterfly

Meadow brown butterfly

Flora

Tufted hair grass

Betony

Red fescue

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