Wildlife Sightings- 01/04/2022

Weather: cold but sunny

Wind speed: mod

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader Lake:

Grey Heron - 21

Shelduck - 36

Shoveler - 12

Gadwall - 16

Wigeon - 5

Teal - 5

Lapwing - 23

Avocet - 2

Redshank - 3

Black-tailed Godwit - 1

Common snipe - 2

Pied Wagtail - 2

Grey Wagtail - 2

Stock Dove - 9

Greylag - 10

Canada Goose - 16

Saline Lagoon:

Teal - 9

Greylag - 2

Other birds noted around site:

Kestrel - 1 (Hollowood)

Lesser-black backed Gulls - 6 (Wader Lake)

Herring Gulls - 23 (Wader Lake)

Black headed Gull - 82 (Wader Lake)

Great spotted Woodpecker - 1 (Spring gill wood)

Mute Swan - 2 (River)

Cormorant - 1 (Wader Lake)

Chiffchaff - 2 (Gully)

Hawthorn wood:

Reed Bunting - 1

Bullfinch - 5

Greenfinch - 2

Nuthatch - 1

Coal tits - 3

Lookout feeding station:

Robin - 3

Dunnock - 2

Wren - 1

Bullfinch - 3

Other wildlife species around site:

Mammals:

Roe Deer (Top meadow)

Amphibians/ Fish:

Fog Spawn (Amphibian pond)


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