Wildlife Sightings - 12/05/2024
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Weather: Sunny
River Tide Level: High
Wader Lake Species
Avocet - 24
Common Tern - 82
Black headed Gull - 159
Sand Martin - 8
Shelduck - 24
Tufted Duck - 10 (5 male, 5 female)
Shoveler - 1 male
Teal - 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Gadwall - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Mute Swan - 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Redshank - 3
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Goldfinch - 2
Bullfinch - 2 (1 male,1 female)
Chaffinch - 5 (2 male, 3 females)
Great Tit - 5
Blue Tit - 3
Robin - 2
Stock Dove - 1
Mallard - 3
Moorhen - 1
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Sedge Warbler (Round Table ponds) - 2
Black-headed Gull (River Wear) - 2
Tufted Duck (River Wear) - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Grey Heron (Heronry) - 22
Canalag (Wader Lake meadow) - 1
Canada Goose (Wader Lake meadow) - 8
Greylag Goose (Wader Lake meadow) - 2
Shelduck (Wader Lake meadow) - 14
Lapwing (Wader Lake meadow) - 6
Grey Heron (Wader Lake meadow) - 1
Reed Bunting (Wader Lake footpath) - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Song Thrush (Saline Lagoon footpath) - 1
Canada Goose (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Shelduck (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Redshank (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Black-headed Gull (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates:
Speckled Wood (Middle Wood) - 1
Panzer's Nomad Bee - 3
Common Carder Mining Bee - 1
Early Bumblebee - 1
Hawthorn Mining Bee - 1
Flora/Fungi:
Northern Marsh Orchid
Common Vetch
Prickly Sowthistle
Red Campion
Ragged Robin
Yellow Iris
