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Wildlife Sightings - 16/05/2024

Wildlife Sightings - 16/05/2024

Weather: Overcast

River wear tide level: Mid

Wader lake species:

Avocet - 22

Shelduck - 21

Grey heron - 2 juv

Mute swan - 2

Black - headed gull - 165

Common turn - 31

Mediterranean gull - 1

Oyster catcher - 3

Tufted duck - 26

Lapwing - 2

Shoveler - 2

Hawthorn wood hide bird feeding station:

Great tit - 3

Nuthatch - 1

Stock dove - 5

Blue tit - 1

Chaffinch - 4

Goldfinch - 2

Greenfinch - 2

Magpie - 1

Birds noted around site:

Swallow - Wader lake - 1

Greylag goose - Wader lake - 4

Teal - Wader lake - 1

Canada goose - Wader lake - 1

Redshank - Wader lake - 1

Gadwall - Wader lake - 2

Greylag goose - Wader meadow - 3

Canada goose - Wader meadow - 2

Shelduck - Wader meadow - 22

Black cap - Wader lake footpath - 1

Shelduck - Saline lagoon - 3

Gadwall - Saline lagoon - 1

Reservoir:

Gadwall - 1

Tufted duck - 14

River wear:

Herring gull - 13

Lesser black - backed - 1

Invertebrates:

Sun fly