Wildlife Sightings - 18/03/2024
Canada Goose - 22
Grey Heron - 35 + 5 juvenile
Redshank - 37
Gadwall - 1
Little Grebe - 1
Mute Swan - 2
Graylag Goose - 6
Shoveler - 1
Avocet - 11 (3 coloured ringed birds)
Teal - 9
Hawthorn wood:
Siskin - 8
Blue tit - 1
Coal tit - 1
Great tit - 3
Robin - 1
Dunnock - 1
Chaffinch - 3
Bullfinch - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Woodpecker - 2
Birds noted around:
Chiff Chaff singing (across site)
Tufted duck - 2 (River Wear)
Mute Swan - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Gadwall - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Shelduck - 9 (Saline Lagoon)
Teal - 18 (Saline Lagoon)
Oystercatcher - 2 (Saline Lagoon) Flying over singing
Curlew - 8 (Saline Lagoon)
Siskin - 8 (The Lookout)
Amphibians / Fish:
Toads mating - 10 pairs (Reservoir)
Toads mating - 12 pairs (Forgotten Meadows ponds)
Flora / Fungi:
Hairy-bittercress (Orchard flowering)