Wildlife Sightings - 14/05/2020
Weather: Sunny
Wind speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake - AM - Low water level
Avocet 36
Lapwing 14
Oystercatcher 3
Redshank 3
Little ringed plover 1
Curlew 1
Common tern 86
Black headed gull 68
Herring gull 3 (2 adult + 1 first summer)
Lesser black backed gull 1
Jackdaw 10
Saline Lagoon
Common sandpiper 1
Shelduck 6
Avocet 1
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Nuthatch 1
Willow tit 1
Bullfinch 5
Jay 1
Other birds noted around site
Grey heron 54 (site count) 20 adult, 23 juvenile, 11 chicks
Herring gull (River Wear near Saline Lagoon) 28
Cormorant (River Wear) 1
Mute swan (River Wear) 2
Swift (East Downs) 1
Other wildlife species around site
Invertebrates:
Small white
Speckled wood
