Wildlife Sightings - 22/05/2023
Weather: sunny / warm
River wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader Lake:
Avocet - 43 (7 Chicks)
Common Tern - 151
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 8
Redshank - 2
Common Sandpiper - 1
Pied Wagtail - 2
Gadwall - 4
Teal - 3
Shelduck - 46 (6 Chicks)
Tufted Duck - 14
Jackdaw - 6
Black-headed Gull - 84
Canada Goose - 15
Greylag Goose - 7
Hawthorn Wood:
Nuthatch - 1
Stock Dove - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Bullfinch - 4
Great Tit - 2
Coal Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 1
Robin - 1
Wood Pigeon - 2
Magpie - 2
Other birds noted around site:
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1 (Middle Wood)
Grey Heron - 23 (Heron Hedge)
ChiffChaff - 6 (Singing across site)
Cormorant - 1 (River wear)
Herring Gull - 14 (River wear)
Lesser Black-backed Gill - 1 (River wear)
Willow Warbler - 1 (Wader Lake path)
Kestrel - 1 (Wader Lake path)
Goldfinch - 2 (Wader Lake path)
Blackcap - 2 (Lagoon path)
Song Thrush - 1 (Hawthorn Wood)
Shoveler - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Other Wildlife species spotted on site:
Invertebrates:
22-Spot Ladybird
Azure DamselFly
Small White
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
Flora / Fungi:
Gooseberries (North Wood)
Spiked Water Milfoil (Amphibian pond)
Soft Brome Dogwood
