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Wildlife Sightings - 21/05/2023

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)