Wildlife Sightings - 14/05/2024
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Weather: overcast
River Tide Level: High
Wader Lake Species
Oystercatcher - 2
Common Tern - 15
Sand Martin - 7
Shelduck - 8
Grey Heron - 15 (Heronry)
Mute Swan - 2
Avocet - 25
Black headed Gull - 148
Mediterranean + Black-Headed Gull - 1
Tufted Duck - 7
Herring Gull - 2
Canada +Graylag Goose - 1
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Great Tit - 3
Bullfinch - 1
Goldfinch - 1
Chaffinch - 3
Coal Tit - 2
Robin - 1
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Canada Goose - 12 (Wader Lake)
Graylag Goose - 1 (Wader Lake)
Lapwing - 2 (Wader Lake)
Redshank - 3 (Wader Lake)
shoveler - 2 (Wader Lake)
Gadwall - 3 (Wader Lake)
Graylag Goose - 4 + 7 chicks (Wader Lake Meadows)
Canada Goose - 7 (Wader Lake Meadows)
Redshank - 1 (Wader Lake Meadows)
Lapwing - 6 (Wader Lake Meadows)
Shelduck - 2 (Wader Lake Meadows)
Black Cap - 1 Singing (Wader Lake Footpath)
Tufted duck - 8 (River Wear)
Sand Martin - 11 (River Wear)
Canada Goose - 4 (River Wear)
Shelduck - 2 (River Wear)
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates:
14 spot Lady bug
Red and Black froghopper - 3
Speckled Wood (Middle Wood) - 1
Panzer's Nomad Bee - 3
Common Carder Mining Bee - 1
Early Bumblebee - 1
Hawthorn Mining Bee - 1
Flora/Fungi:
Broad leaved Marsh Orchid
Cookoo Flower
Northern Marsh Orchid
Common Vetch
Prickly Sowthistle
Red Campion
Ragged Robin
Yellow Iris
