Wildlife sighting 22/08/2021
Weather: wet overcast Wind speed: low River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Avocet - 6
Lapwing - 308
Black tailed Godwit - 3
Snipe - 2
Curlew - 2
Green sandpiper - 1
Dunlin - 1
Common tern - 3
Greylag - 2
Teal - 17
Gadwall - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Grey heron - 5 (Heron hedge)
Redshank - 19 (River wear)
Cormorant - 1 (River wear)
Goldfinch - 7 ((Carr fen)
Great spotted woodpecker - 1 (Middle wood)
Jay - 1(Forgotten meadow)
Hawthorn wood:
Nuthatch - 1
Willow tit - 2
Chaffinch - 14
Dunnock - 1
Stock dove - 1
Coal tit - 3
Lookout feeding station:
Coal tit - 1
Robin - 2
Great tit -2
Blue tit - 4
Other wildlife species around site:
Invertebrates:
Marmalade hoverfly
Small white
Peacock (Saline hide path)
Orange underwing
Flora/fungi:
Musk mallew (Amphibian ponds)
Wild marjorah (Wader Lake path)
