Wildlife sightings - 13/04/2022
a.m. Tide level: Low
Wader Lake
Canada goose 21
Avocet 4
Common snipe 1
Oystercatcher 4
Lapwing 20
Shoveler 11
Gadwall 12
Shelduck 41
Herring gull 38
Black-headed gull 22
Lesser black-backed gull 2
Greylag 30
Saline Lagoon
Shoveler 2
Redshank 1
Greylag 11
Canada goose x greylag 1
Shelduck 9
Hawthorn Wood
Chaffinch 9
Coal tit 2
Great tit 5
Wood pigeon 1
Dunnock 2
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
The Lookout
Willow tit 1
Great tit 1
Chaffinch 2
Other birds
Grey heron - 21 - Heron hedge (visable chicks - 2)
Mistle thrush - 1 - North Wood
Bullfinch - 3 - North Wood
Kestrel - 1 - Corner meadow
Buzzard - 1 - River Wear
Goldfinch - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Willow warbler - 1 - Hawthorn footpath
Mute swan - 2 - Reservoir
Invertebrates
Common carder bee
Flora/fungi
Field wood rush
Ribwart plantain
