Wildlife Sightings - 28/05/2023
Weather: bright some cloud
River wear tide level: high
A.M
Wader Lake:
Avocet - 45 (4 Chicks)
Redshank - 5
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 6
Common Tern - 149
Swallow - 2
Shoveler - 2
Gadwall - 4
Tufted duck - 13
Shelduck - 50 (7 Chicks)
Black-headed Gull - 101
Reed Warbler - 1
Canada Goose - 10
Greylag Goose - 4
Hawthorn Wood:
Bullfinch - 4
Blue Tit - 1
Dunnock - 1
Robin - 1
Wood Pigeon - 2
Great Tit - 2
Coal Tit - 2
Other birds noted around site:
Chiffchaff - 2 (Spring Gill wood)
Blackcap - 2 (Spring Gill Wood)
Grey Heron - 20 (Heron Hedge)
Cormorant - 1 (River wear)
Oystercatcher - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Nuthatch - 1 (Hawthorn wood)
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1 (Hawthorn Wood)
Kestrel - 1 (Hawthorn wood)
Other Wildlife Species noted across site:
Amphibians / Fish:
Toadlet (Dragonfly pond)
Invertebrates:
Hawthorn Sheldbug
Sloe Sheldbug
Azure damselfly
Buff-tailed Bumble bee
Flora / Fungi:
Rough Meadow grass
Yellow Oat grass
Scarlett Pimpernel
Pereial Rye grass
Cats Ear
