Wildlife Sightings - 30/01/2022
Weather: Sunny
Wind speed: low
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Tufted duck - 2
Shoveler - 9
Teal - 42
Shelduck - 15
Wigeon - 2
Mute swan - 2
Herring gull - 26
Black-headed gull - 8
Lapwing - 12 ( 3 on the lake - 9 on the meadow)
Common snipe - 1
Grey heron - 10 ( 1 on the lake - 9 in the hedge)
Saline lagoon:
Water rail - 1
Common snipe - 2
Other birds noted around site:
Great spotted woodpecker - 3 (South wood 2 / Hawthorn wood 1 )
Siskin - 30+
Jay - 3 (Wader lake path)
Mistle thrush - 2 (Wader meadow)
Goldcrest - 1 (Hollowood)
Hawthorn wood:
Bullfinch - 6
Chaffinch - 5
Jay - 2
Long-tailed tit - 2
Wren - 1
Robin - 4
Blackbird - 2
Lookout feeding station:
Willow tit - 1
Dunnock - 3
Robin - 2
Bullfinch - 2
Other Wildlife species around site:
Mammals:
Roe deer - 5 (Spring Gill wood)
