Wildlife Sightings -28/04/2022
Wind speed: mod
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Grey Heron - 15 + 14 chicks
Avocet - 14 (3 nests on/ near island)
Lapwing - 12 + 2 chicks
Oystercatcher - 4
Common Snipe - 1
Common tern - 5
Black Headed Gull - 18
Herring Gull - 6
Gadwall - 6
Shoveler - 6
Barnacle Goose - 1
Saline Lagoon:
Shelduck - 4
Lapwing - 2
Redshank - 1
Swallow - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Sparrowhawk - 1 (Low over Wader lake)
Mistle Thrush - 2 (Stream channel)
Song Thrush - 3 ( Spring Gill)
Blackcap - 2 ( Waderlake footpath)
Willow Warbler - 3 (Waderlake footpath)
Reed warbler - 1 (Waderlake footpath)
ChiffChaff - 3 (Waderlake footpath)
Hawthorn wood:
Great spotted woodpecker - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 3
Chaffinch - 6
BlackCap - 1
Willow tit - 1
Lookout feeding station:
Willow tit - 1
Long-tailed tit - 2
Greenfinch - 2
Bullfinch - 2
Robin - 1
Reed Bunting - 1
