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Wildlife Sightings - 28/05/2023

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