Wildlife Sightings - 29/07/2023
Weather: Bright light and breeze
River wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader lake:
Ruff - 3
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 117
Avocet - 36
redshank - 14
Common Tern - 10 +1 chick
Black-headed Gull - 70 + 11 chicks
Curlew - 4
Gadwall - 11
Shoveler - 5
Shelduck - 14
Grey Heron - 13 (5 Adults + 8 chicks)
Hawthorn wood:
Bullfinch - 10 (3,2,5 juvenile)
Goldfinch - 9 (6Adultd +3 juvenile)
Greenfinch - 14 (6,4 + 4 juvenile)
Chaffinch - 13 (3,5 + 5 juvenile)
Long-tailed tit - 6
Coal tit - 3
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2 juvenile
Stock Dove - 1
Jay - 1
Other birds noted on site:
Kestrel - 3 (1 Adult + 2 Juvenile) ( Wader lake path)
Willow Warbler - 3 (Wader lake path)
Common white Throat - 1 (Wader lake path
Cormorant - 2 (River)
Curlew - 2 (River)
Lapwing - 43 (Lagoon)
Reed Bunting - 1 +2 juvenile (Lagoon Reedbed
Sedge Warbler - 1 (Lagoon Reedbed)
Tufted duck - 6 +7 ducklings (Reservoir)
Other Wildlife Species spotted around site:
Amphibians / Fish:
3 10 week old Great crested Newt Eft's (Amphibian pond)
Invertebrates:
Comma
Peacock
Red Admiral
Small White
Speckled wood
(Wader lake path)
