Wildlife Sightings - 20/05/19
Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Low
Wader Lake
AM Tide Level: Mid
Avocet - 34
Shoveler (2 females and 5 males) - 7
Common Tern - 135
Black-tailed Godwit - 8
Gadwall (4 pairs) - 8
Oystercatcher (2 pairs) - 4
Lapwing - (I chick outside Paddy's Hide) - 17
Shelduck - 28
Grey Heron - 26
Saline Lagoon
AM Tide Level: Mid
Greenshank - 1
Avocet - 2
Lapwing - 1
Shoveler (male) - 1
Shelduck - 4
Hawthorn Wood
Nuthatch - 2
Greenfinch - 3
Goldfinch - 2
Blackcap - 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Bullfinch - 8
Other Birds Noted Around Site
Long-tailed Tit (pair @ Close Encounters) - 2
Blackcap (across site)
Tufted Duck (Reservoir) - 31
Cormorant (River Wear) - 1
Other Wildlife Species Around Site
Amphibians
Smooth Newt (Amphibian Ponds)
Invertebrates
Orange Tip
Common Carder Bee
Crab Spider (Flamingo enclosure)
Flora
Northern Marsh Orchid (Amphibian Ponds)
