Wildlife Sightings - 15/07/2023
Weather: overcast with bright spells
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Ruff - 3
Avocet - 48
Lapwing - 16
Oystercatcher - 1
Redshank - 7
Curlew - 2
Common Tern - 12
Black-headed Gull - 40 +15
Common Gull - 1
Med x B.H Gull - 1
Teal - 10
Gadwall - 13
Hawthorn wood:
Great spotted woodpecker - 1 +2 juvenile
Jay - 1
Sparrow hawk - 1
Bullfinch - 5
Greenfinch - 4
Goldfinch - 8
Chaffinch - 5
Blue tit - 10
Great tit - 16
Stock Dove - 2
Other birds noted around site:
Grey Heron - 8 (Wader lake)
Curlew - 6 (River)
Common Sandpiper - 1 (Lagoon)
Swallow - 8 (Lagoon)
Kestrel - 1 (Lagoon)
Sedge Warbler - 1 (Amphibian pond)
Black cap - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
Other wildlife species noted on site:
mammals:
Stoat (Forgotten Meadow)
Amphibian / Fish:
Great crested Newt (Amphibian pond)
Inveterate:
Meadow brown
Comma
Flora / Fungi:
Sea Aster (Window on the wear)
