wildlife Sightings - 06/06/2021

Weather: warm& sunny

Wind speed: low

River wear tide level: mid

A.M

Wader lake:

Comman terns - 208

Avocet - 18

Black headed gull - 65 ( 9 chicks)

Shelduck - 51 (24 ducklings)

Lapwing - 3

Redshank - 2

Shoveler - 3

Grey heron - 7

Moorhen - 2 (5 chicks)

Tufted duck - 2

Canada geese - 4

Gadwall - 4

Saline lagoon:

Shovelor - 2

Shelduck - 2

Avocet - 3

Lapwing - 1

Other birds noted on site:

Great spotted woodpecker nesting (hawthorn wood)

Hawthorn wood:

Blue tit - 2

Robin - 1

Great spotted Woodpecker - 1

Bullfinch - 1

Lookout feeding station:

Blue tit - 2

Other wildlife species around site

Invertebrates:

Orangetip butterfly (wader lake path)

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