Wildlife Sightings - 04/09/2023
Weather: sunny
River wear tide level: High
A.M
Wader Laker:
Curlew - 15
Black-tailed Godwit - 4
Ruff - 1
Redshank - 27
Lapwing - 164
Shoveler - 8
Teal - 36
Grey Heron - 10
Sparrow hawk - 1
Stock Dove - 12
Jackdow - 90
Black-headed Gull - 21
Hawthorn wood:
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2 ( 1 juvenile)
Nuthatch - 1
Willow tit - 1
Coal tit - 4
Blue tit - 7
Great tit - 6
Bullfinch - 12 (5 juvenile + 5 + 5)
Goldfinch - 4
Greenfinch - 4
Wren - 1
Other birds noted on grounds:
Long-tailed tit - 6 (Hollow wood)
Goldcrest - 1 (Hollow wood)
Chiffchaff - 1 (Hollow wood)
Meadow Pipit - 6 (Over site East)
Goldfinch - 44 (East Down)
Song Thrush - 1 (East down)
Kestrel - 1 (Old oak Meadow)
Other Wildlife species spotted around site:
Mammals:
Weasel (Centre feeders)
Invertebrates:
Emperor DragonFly - 1
Brown Hawk - 1
Common Darter - 3
(Window on the wear DragonFly pond)
Souther Migrant Hawker - 2 (North wood)
Speckled Woos - 22
Red Admiral - 2
(Across site)
Comma - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
