Wildlife Sightings - 17/04/2023
Weather: sunny
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Avocet - 7
Mute Swan - 1
Lapwing - 20
Canada Goose - 25
Oystercatcher - 2
Herring Gull - 18
Tufted duck - 5
Shelduck - 39
Teal - 17
Shoveler - 3
Greylag Goose - 5
Canada+Greylag Goose - 2
Hawthorn wood:
Chaffinch - 3
Nuthatch - 1
Reed Bunting - 2
Greenfinch - 2
Greater spotted woodpecker - 1
Blue tit - 4
Great tit - 2
Other birds noted around site:
Teal - 3 (River wear)
Oystercatcher - 2 (River wear)
Tufted duck - 2 (River wear)
Mallard - 1+2 ducklings (River Reedbed)
Shelduck - 7 (Saline Lagoon)
Gadwall - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Canada Goose - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Nuthatch - 1 (Singing) (Hawthorn wood)
Kestrel - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Willow Warbler (Hawthorn wood)
Gadwall - 2 (Wader Lake)
Grey Heron - 31 (Wader Lake)
Other Wildlife Species spotted on site:
Invertebrates:
Red-tailed Bumblebee - 1
Flora / Fungi:
Green Alkanet
Herb Robert
Yellow Archangel
(ACROSS SITE)
Fairy Inkcap - 100 (Paddy Flemming Hide)
