Wildlife Sightings - 25/05/2023
Weather: sunny
River wear tide level: high
A.M
Wader Lake:
Shelduck - 39 (6 Chicks)
Tufted duck - 13
Avocet - 29 (3 Chicks)
Common Tern - 141
Canada Goose - 16
Greylag Goose - 5
Oystercatcher - 4
Lapwing - 6
Gadwall - 2
Black-headed Gull - 64
Grey Heron - 16
Shoveler - 1
Hawthorn wood:
Bullfinch - 3
Goldfinch - 2
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1
Robin - 1
Dunnock - 1
Great Tit - 1
Blue Tit - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Grey Heron - 1 (Hidden Meadow)
Shelduck - 7 (River Wear)
Tufted duck - 2 (River Wear)
White Throat - 1 (Wader Lake footpath)
Shelduck - 10 (Saline Lagoon) (7 Chicks)
Tufted duck - 16 (Reservoir)
Tufted duck - 1 (Filter Reed bed)
Nuthatch - 1 (Hawthorn Wood)
Canada Goose - 1 , Greylag Goose - 1 , Canalag Hybrid - 4 Goslings (Forgotten Meadow)
Other Wildlife Species spotted on site:
Amphibians / Fish:
Smooth Newt (Amphibian pond)
Invertebrates:
Speckled Wood (Wader Lake footpath)
Flora / Fungi:
Northern March
Orchids in (forgotten Meadow + Hidden Meadow)
