Wildlife sightings - 17/05/2022
a.m. Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
Shelduck 45
Shoveler 1
Tufted duck 12
Avocet 35
Gadwall 4
Osytercatcher 1
Lapwing 8
Black-headed gull 61
Grey heron 26
Mallard 4
Common tern 63
Black-tailed godwit 1
Canada goose 20
Mute swan 2
Teal 1
Greylag 6 (4 chicks)
Redshank 6
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 2
Black-headed gull 2
Lapwing 1
Shelduck 1
Shoveler 1
Hawthorn Wood
Greenfinch 1
Bullfinch 2
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
Great tit 2
Robin 1
Coal tit 1
Dunnock 1
Blule tit 2
Nuthatch 2
Magpie 2
Other birds
Goldfinch - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Sedge warbler - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Reed bunting - 1 - Amphibian ponds
Whitethroat - 1 - Amphibian ponds
Sedge warbler - 1 - Riber reedbed
Lesser black-backed gull - 3 - River Wear
Kestrel - 1 - Lagoon footpath
Invertebrates
Speckled wood butterfly
Orange tip butterfly
