Wildlife Sightings - 21/05/2023
Weather: clear / sunny
River wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader Lake:
Avocet - 33
Common Tern - 147
Oystercatcher - 2
Redshank - 2
Lapwing - 13
Common Snipe - 1
Shelduck - 36 (6 Chicks)
Tufted Duck - 17
Shoveler - 1
Teal - 1
Gadwall - 2
Swallow - 2
Canada Goose - 20
Greylag Goose - 7
Black-headed Gull - 93
Hawthorn wood:
Stock Dove - 2
Bullfinch - 2
Coal Tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Blue Tit - 3
Great Tit - 1
Chaffinch - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Grey Heron - 31 (Heron Hedge)
Chiffchaff - 7 (Singing across site)
Blackcap - 2 (Spring Gill Wood)
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 (River wear)
Oystercatcher - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Reed Warbler - 2 (River Reed bed)
Other Wildlife species spotted on site:
Invertebrates:
Ruby-tailed Wasp
Holly Blue Slender Ground hoppers
Raspberry Beetle
Flora / Fungi:
Wood Avens
Celery-leaved Buttercup (Amphibian ponds)
Guelder Rose
Crosswont (Saline Laggon)
