Wildlife Sightings - 06/05/2020
Weather: Sunny 16°C
Wind speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake - AM - MID water level
Avocet 42 (10 nesting)
Lapwing 16 (8 nesting)
Oystercatcher 2 (1 nesting)
Little ringed plover 2
Redshank 5
Black tailed godwit 1
Curlew 1
Common tern 14
Black headed gull 26
Grey heron 54 (28 adult + 26 juveniles / chicks)
Gadwall 9 (6 male, 3 female)
Shoveler 7 (5 male, 2 female)
Teal 4
Jackdaw 36
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 2
Shoveler 1 (male)
Shelduck 4
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Nuthatch 1
Willow tit 1
Coal tit 2
Bullfinch 5
Goldfinch 2
Chaffinch 7
Reed bunting 2 (male)
Other birds noted around site
Common buzzard (over site) 1
Kestrel (1 Hidden Meadow, 1 Hawthorn Wood - both male)
Reed warbler (River Reedbed) 1
Tawny owl (Hawthorn Wood) 3 chicks
Other wildlife species around site
Amphibians / Fish:
Toad tadpole (Amphibian ponds and Top Meadow new pond)
Invertebrates:
Speckled wood
Peacock
Small tortoiseshell
Red admiral
