Wildlife Sightings - 30/05/2023
Weather: bright but cloudy
River wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader Lake:
Avocet - 35
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 6
Redshank - 4
Pied Wagtail - 1
Shoveler - 6
Shelduck - 31 + 6 Chicks
Gadwall - 3
Tufted duck - 14
Common Tern - 146
Black-headed Gull - 116
Jackdaw - 3
Canada Goose - 8
Greylag Goose - 2
Hawthorn Wood:
Stock Dove - 2
Goldfinch - 4
Blur tit - 2
Wood Pigeon - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Bullfinch - 3
Robin - 2
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1
Great tit - 1
Other birds noted on site:
Grey Heron - 19 (Heron Hedge)
Sparrowhawk - 1 (North Wood)
ChiffChaff - 1 (SlickGill Hedge)
Kingfisher - 1 (River wear)
Blackcap - 1 (Wader Lake path)
Song Thrush - 1 (Wader Lake path)
Kestrel - 1 (Hawthorn Wood)
Oystercatcher - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Reed Warbler - 1 (River Reedbed)
Reed Warbler - 2 (Filter Reedbed)
Long-tailed tit - 7 (Middle Wood)
Other Wildlife species spotted around site:
Invertebrates:
Broad-bodied Chaser
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Flora / Fungi:
Lesser Trefoil
Bitter sweet
Goatsbeard
False Oat Grass
Common spotted Orchid
