Wildlife Sightings- 05/06/2022
Weather: overcast/Chilly
River wear tide level: high
A.M
Wader lake:
Avocet - 51
Common Tern - 182
Lapwing - 10
Oystercatcher - 3
Shelduck - 45
Tuffted Duck - 10
Gadwall - 5
Teal - 3
Shoveler - 2
Swallow - 3
Sedge Warbler - 1
Black headed Gull - 131
Herring Gull - 2
Canada Goose - 16
Greylag - 1
Saline Lagoon:
Oystercatcher - 2
Shelduck - 2
Other birds noted around site:
Grey Heron - 23 (Heron Hedge)
ChiffChaff - 4 (Singing across site)
Blackcap - 1 (Wader Lake footpath)
Long-tailed tit - 8 (Reserve Orchard)
Great spotted woodpecker - 1 (Hawthorn wood)
GoldCrest - 2 (South wood)
Song Thrush - 2 (Hollowood)
Hawthorn wood:
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 3
Goldfinch - 1
Robin - 3
Dunnock - 1
Stock Dove - 1
Lookout feeding station:
Jay - 1
Greenfinch - 2
Bullfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 3
Great tit - 1
Black bird - 1
Other wildlife species spotted around site:
Mammals:
Roe Deer ( Hidden Meadow)
Grey seal (River Wear)
Invertebratets:
Kidney spot Ladybird (South Wood)
Flora/Fungi:
Betony zigzag Clover (Old oak Meadow)
Yarrow
Meadow vetcwing
Lardn Bolete (South wood)
