Wildlife Sightings - 22/05/2020
Weather: Sunny
Wind speed: Very strong
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake - AM - Water level low
Avocet 40 + 8 chicks (4 broods)
Oystercatcher 2
Redshank 6
Lapwing 13
Common tern 125 (35 with nest/eggs)
Black headed gull 80 (33 nests)
Lesser black backed gull 1
Shelduck 20 (1 brood of 4 ducklings)
Shoveler 7 (5 male, 2 female)
Gadwall 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Grey heron 30
Sand martin 2
Saline Lagoon
Shelduck
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Nuthatch 1
Willow tit 1
Bullfinch 5
Chaffinch
Other birds noted around site
Reed bunting (Stream Channel) pair nesting
Mute swan (River Wear) 2
Herring gull (River Wear) 10
Lesser black backed gull (River Wear) 2
Other wildlife species around site
Mammals:
Roe deer 2
Invertebrates:
Speckled wood
Flora / Fungi:
Field scabious
Guelder rose
Yellow rattle
Pignut
Oxeye daisy
