Wildlife sightings - 08/06/2022

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Lapwing 11 (6 chicks)

Tufted duck 12

Gadwall 4

Teal 2

Shelduck 56 (16 ducklings)

Avocet 37 (19 chicks)

Black-headed gull 125

Grey heron 31

Redshank 1

Swallow 1

Greylag 6

Cormorant 1

Sand martin 1

Shoveler 2

Common tern 186

Oystercatcher (5 chicks)

Saline Lagoon

Shelduck 6

Avocet 4

Shoveler 2

Redshank 1

Oystercatcher 1

Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch 6

Goldfinch 2

Nuthatch 1

Great-spotted woodpecker 2

Greenfinch 2

Dunnock 1

Chaffinch 3

The Lookout

Willow tit 2

Greenfinch 1

Great-spotted woodpecker 3

Bullfinch 3

Chaffinch 6

Coal tit 1

Other birds

Tawny owl - 1 - Middle Wood

Reed bunting - 4 - Amphibian ponds

Willow tit - 4 (2 chicks) - Middle Wood

Cormorant - 1 - River Wear

Gadwall - 7 - River Wear

Grey wagtail - 7 - River Wear

Sedge warbler - 2 - Amphibian pond

Mute swan - 1 - River Wear

Tufted duck - River Wear

Invertebrates

Large red damselfly

Azure damselfly

Blue-tailed damselfly

White-tailed bumblebee

Speckled wood

Scorpion fly

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