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Wildlife Sightings - 31/05/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 31/05/2023

Weather: overcast

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader Lake:

Shelduck - 30

Avocet - 31

Grey Heron - 19

Lapwing - 3

Oystercatcher - 3

Black-headed Gull - 83

Common Tern - 172

Teal - 1

Gadwall - 3

Shoveler - 5

Tufted duck - 11

Greylag Goose - 7+Chicks

Hawthorn wood:

Great spotted woodpecker - 1

Bullfinch - 7

Goldfinch - 3

Mallard - 4

Greenfinch - 2

Great tit - 2

Coal tit - 1

Moorhen - 1

Blue tit - 1

Chaffinch - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Canada Goose - 7 (Wader Lake)

Moorhen - 3 (Wader Lake)

Tufted duck - 3 (River wear)

Shelduck - 4 (River wear)

Herring Gull - 110 (River wear)

Blackbird - 1 (The Lookout)

Bullfinch - 3 (The Lookout)

Magpie - 1 (The Lookout)

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