Wildlife Sightings - 05/07/22

Weather: Bright, moderate wind
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Species Time: AM Water Level: Mid/low

Avocet - 46 adults, 6 juvenile, 7 chicks
Oystercatcher - 4 adults, 1 chick
Lapwing - 4 adults, 4 juvenile
Redshank - 22
Black-tailed Godwit - 8
Little Ringed Plover - 1
Common Tern - 70 (22 chicks)
Black-headed Gull - 93 (20 chicks, 17 juvenile)


Saline Lagoon Species Time: AM Tide Level: Mid

Lapwing - 40
Shelduck - 7


Hawthorn Wood Species

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 female
Nuthatch - 1
Stock Dove - 2
Bullfinch - 6
Greenfinch - 4


Lookout Feeding Station species

Bullfinch - 4
Willow Tit - 1
Blue Tit - 5
Robin - 3


Other Bird Species Noted

Jay (Hawthorn Wood) - 2
Goldcrest (play area) - 2
Kestrel (Corner Meadow) - 2
Kestrel (Hawthorn Wood) - 2
Common Whitethroat (Lagoon Path) - 1 adult, 2 juvenile
Song Thrush (Lagoon Path) - 1 adult, 1 juvenile


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Invertebrates;

Ringlet
Meadow Brown

















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