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Wildlife Sightings - 21/05/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 21/05/2020

Weather: Sunny

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake - AM - Water level low

Avocet 35 + 7 chicks (4 broods)

Lapwing 15

Redshank 6 (5 on the meadow)

Oystercatcher 3

Common tern 120

Black headed gull 58

Lesser black backed gull 1 (flying over)

Gadwall 5 (3 male, 2 female)

Shelduck 28

Shoveler 4 (3 male, 1 female)

Grey heron 37

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 1

Lapwing 1

Gadwall 2 (male)

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 4

Nuthatch 1

Treecreeper 1

Bullfinch 4

Other birds noted around site

Mute swan (River Wear) 2

Cormorant (River Wear) 2

Herring gull (River Wear) 27

Lesser black backed gull (River Wear) 6

PM: Shelduck 22 + 4 ducklings (Wader Lake)

Other wildlife species around site

Mammals:

Common shrew

Amphibians / Fish

Smooth Newt 10 (Amphibian Ponds)

Great crested newt 1 (female)

Invertebrates:

Common blue 3 (2 male, 1 female)

Orange tip 1 (female)

Wall brown 1

Speckled wood

Broad bodied chaser (male)

Flora / Fungi:

Oxeye daisy