Wildlife Sightings - 22/04/2020
Weather: Sunny 12°C
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake - AM - MID water level
Avocet 38
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 18
Redshank 3
Grey heron 20 + 20 chicks
Shelduck
Shoveler
Black headed gull 10
Lesser black backed gull 2
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 2
Lesser black backed gull 2
Curlew 1
Hawthorn Wood
Stock dove 1
Great spotted woodpecker 1 (male)
Nuthatch 1
Reed bunting 2 (male)
Wren 1
Robin 2
Bullfinch 6
Goldfinch 4
Chaffinch 10
Other birds noted around site
Curlew (River Wear) 1
Mute swan (River Wear) 2
Common buzzard + kestrel (male) (buzzard flew from Spring Gill Wood chased by kestrel)
Mistle thrush (pair) (nesting at Spring Gill)
Swallow
Common whitethroat (Wader Lake path) 2
Other wildlife species around site
Invertebrates:
St Mark's fly
Speckled wood
