Wildlife sightings - 17/05/2021

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Avocet 43

Lapwing 13

Redshank 4

Common tern 110

Pied wagtail 3

Ruddy shelduck 1

Common shelduck 46

Oystercatcher 2

Tufted duck 14

Shoveler 2

Gadwall 6

Greylag 7

Black-headed gull 85

Canada goose 20

Lesser black-backed gull 1

Saline Lagoon

Shelduck 1

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 1

Reed bunting 2

Nuthatch 2

Robin 1

Coal tit 1

Bullfinch 1

The Lookout

Great tit 3

Bullfinch 2

Chaffinch 1

Other birds

Willow warbler - 1 - Amphibian ponds

Blackcap - 1 - Amphibian ponds

Swift - 2 - Above amphibian ponds

Mute swan - 2 - River Wear

Chiffchaff - 2 - Wader Lake path

Sedge warbler - 2 - River reedbed

Reed warbler - 2 - River reedbed

Tawny owl - 1 - Hawthorn Wood

Flora

Male fern

Mouseear

Cocksfoot

Red fescoe

Barren broome

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