Wildlife sighting 22/08/2021

Weather: wet overcast Wind speed: low River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 6

Lapwing - 308

Black tailed Godwit - 3

Snipe - 2

Curlew - 2

Green sandpiper - 1

Dunlin - 1

Common tern - 3

Greylag - 2

Teal - 17

Gadwall - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Grey heron - 5 (Heron hedge)

Redshank - 19 (River wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Goldfinch - 7 ((Carr fen)

Great spotted woodpecker - 1 (Middle wood)

Jay - 1(Forgotten meadow)

Hawthorn wood:

Nuthatch - 1

Willow tit - 2

Chaffinch - 14

Dunnock - 1

Stock dove - 1

Coal tit - 3

Lookout feeding station:

Coal tit - 1

Robin - 2

Great tit -2

Blue tit - 4

Other wildlife species around site:

Invertebrates:

Marmalade hoverfly

Small white

Peacock (Saline hide path)

Orange underwing

Flora/fungi:

Musk mallew (Amphibian ponds)

Wild marjorah (Wader Lake path)


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