Wildlife Sightings - 22/07/2023
Weather: rain
River tide level: High
A.M
Wader Lake:
Ruff - 3
Avocet -36
Redshank - 8
Oystercatcher - 1
Curlew - 1
Common Tern - 25
Black-headed Gull - 53
Common Gull - 1
Grey Heron - 7
Shelduck - 8
Gadwall - 11
Shoveler - 3
Hawthorn wood:
Bullfinch - 2+1 +1 juvenile
Coal tit - 1
Chaffinch - 3 + 5
Blue tit - 4 +4 Juvenile
Great tit - 4 +3 Juvenile
Mallard - 3 +12 Ducklings
Dunnock - 1
Moorhen - 1 + 1 Juvenile
Magpie - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Other birds noted on site:
Herring Gull - 16 (River wear)
Lesser black-backed Gull - 2 (River wear)
Redshank - 2 (River wear)
Cormorant - 1 (River wear)
Kestrel - 1 (River wear)
Common Tern - 2 (River wear)
Willow Warbler - 1 (North wood)
Kestrel - 1 (The Orchard)
Lapwing - 28 (Saline Lagoon)
Grey Heron - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Tufted duck - 5 + 11 Ducklings (Reservoir)
Robin - 1 (The Lookout)
Other Wildlife species spotted around site:
Flora / Fungi:
Broad-leaved Helleborine (Middle wood) & (Hollow wood)
