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Today's sightings

Wader Lake, AM, high tide: Grey heron 44 Shelduck 23 Wigeon 7 Teal 19 Mallard 46 Lapwing 20 Redshank 7 Oystercatcher 4 Plus 2 mute swans on the river   [...]

Wader Lake, AM, high tide:

Grey heron 44

Shelduck 23

Wigeon 7

Teal 19

Mallard 46

Lapwing 20

Redshank 7

Oystercatcher 4

Plus 2 mute swans on the river

 

Hawthorn Wood Hide:

Bullfinch 14

Greenfinch 3

Chaffinch 7

Goldfinch 4

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

 

Plus 2 grey partridge on East Down and a grey wagtail on the stream

 

Mammals:

Increased wild otter activity near Window on the Wear and at the saline lagoon

 

Amphibians:

4 common frogs in the filter reedbed and frog spawn in the amphibian ponds and Forgotten Meadow

 

Plus ladybirds on the stream - the first seven-spots of the year!

 

 

 

 

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