Wildlife Sightings- 03/07/2022
Weather: Overcast /slight breeze
River wear tide level: High
A.M
Wader Lake:
Avocet - 32+14 chicks
Teal - 4
Lapwing - 6+4 Chicks
Common Tern - 73+18 Chicks
Black-headed Gull - 77+20 Chicks
Gadwall - 2
Shelduck - 5+15 Chicks
Grey Heron - 12
Tufted duck - 1
Mallard - 5+17 Chicks
Oystercatcher - 4+1 Chick
Red shank - 7+1 Chick
Black-tailed Godwit - 1
Saline Lagoon:
Shelduck - 2+5 Chicks
Lapwing - 35
Oystercatcher - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Swallow - 1 (Hidden meadow)
Reed warbler - 2 (Wader Lake)
Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)
Hawthorn wood:
Bullfinch - 4
Chaffinch - 3
Robin - 3
Dunnock - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Lookout Feeding station:
Chaffinch - 2
Bullfinch - 3
Great tit - 3
Blue tit - 1
Other wildlife species around site:
Mammals:
Roe deer - 1
Invertebrates:
Ringlet ocrossile
Meadow brown acrossile
