Wildlife Sightings - 25/03/2023
Weather: Rain on and off
River wear tide level: Mid
A.M
Wader lake:
Grey heron - 34
Shelduck - 18
Gadwall - 5
Teal - 11
Wigeon - 4
Canada Goose + Canada + Greylag - 20
Greylag Goose - 12
Oystercatcher - 2
Avocet - 2
Lapwing - 20 (18 Territories)
Redshank - 6
Mute swan - 2
Herring Gull - 36
Black-headed Gull - 107
Mediterranean Gull + Black-headed Gull - 1
Common Buzzard - 1 (Low Over)
Hawthorn wood:
Greater spotter Woodpecker - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Coal tit - 3
Long-tailed Tit - 4
Goldfinch - 4
Greenfinch - 6
Bullfinch- 6
Robin - 3
Reed bunting - 1
Stock Dove - 3
Other birds noted on site:
Oystercatcher - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Redshank - 4 (Saline Lagoon)
Lapwing - 2 ( Saline Lagoon)
Common Snipe - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Lesser-black-backed Gull - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Chiffchaff - 1 (Spring Gill - 1 ) (Wader Lake footpath - 1) (Saline Lagoon - 1) +3
Reed Bunting - 1 (Wader lake (east end)
Goldcrest - 1 (Lagoon path)
Centre feeder:
Tree sparrow - 1
Goldfinch - 6
Greenfinch - 2
Long-tailed Tit - 2
Chiffchaff - 1
Other Wildlife species spotted around site:
Invertebrates:
Reo-tailed Bumblebee (Wader lake footpath)
Flora / Fungi:
Prinrose (Sping Gill)
Black thorn (Across site)
Gorse (Lagoon Hide)
