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Wildlife Sightings - 04/06/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 04/06/2023

Weather: dull and chilly starts

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 44 2 broods with 2 chicks each

Oystercatcher - 6

Lapwing - 4

Redshank - 3

Common Snipe - 1

Common Tern - 148

Gadwall - 18

Shoveler - 3

Shelduck - 36 +8 chicks

Tufted duck - 12

Canada Goose - 6

Greylag - 1

Black-headed Gull - 72

Hawthorn wood:

Bullfinch - 3

Wood Pideon - 1

Robin - 2

Great tit - 2

Goldfinch - 4

Stock Dove - 2

Greenfinch - 7

Other birds noted around site:

Blackcap - 1 (Slick Gill hedge)

Jay - 1 (Spring Gill wood)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 (River wear)

Herring Gull - 26 (River wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Shoveler - 2 (Saline Lagoon)

Reed Warbler - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

ChiffChaff - 1 (Hollow wood)

Grey Heron - 14 (Heron Hedge)

Other Wildlife Species spotted on site:

Invertebrates:

Common Green Capsid

Flora / Fungi:

Yarrow

Meadow Vetchling

Glacoas Sedge

Stink Horn