wildlife Sightings - 14/03/2022
Wind speed: mid
River wear tide level: none
A.M
Wader lake:
Ruddy Shelduck - 2
Common Snipe - 1
Oystercatcher - 2
Gadwall - 12
Grey Heron - 35
Shelduck - 46
Lapwing - 19
Mute Swan - 2
Shoveler - 5
Teal - 2
Tufted duck - 1
Black - heade Gulls - 207
Herring Gulls - 93
Greylag Goose - 6
Canada Goose - 12
Saline lagoon:
Teal - 15
Shelduck - 3
Other birds noted aroud site:
Wren - 2 (Hidden meadow)
Bullfinch - 2 (Wader lake footpath)
Jay - 1 (Spring gill wood)
Chiff Chaff - 1 (Domestics pen)
Wren - 1 (Middle wood)
Willow tit - 1 (Staff car park)
Greenfinch - 3 (Gorse Hedge @ Saline Lagoon)
Nuthatch - 1 (River reedbed)
Kestrel - 1 (Sline Lagoon)
Greylag - 2 (Orchard)
Greylay - 3 (Reservoir)
Hawthorn wood:
Lookout feeding station:
Great Spotted woodpecker - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Nuthatch - 1
Dunnock - 1
Long - tailed tits - 2
Chaffinch - 2
Other wildlife species spotted around site:
Grey squirrels-3
Notes:
Grey Heron flying off onto wader lake footpath or river wear regulaly and returning with nesting materials in their beaks