Wildlife Sightings - 20/05/19

Weather: Sunny

Wind Speed: Low


Wader Lake

AM Tide Level: Mid


Avocet - 34

Shoveler (2 females and 5 males) - 7

Common Tern - 135

Black-tailed Godwit - 8

Gadwall (4 pairs) - 8

Oystercatcher (2 pairs) - 4

Lapwing - (I chick outside Paddy's Hide) - 17

Shelduck - 28

Grey Heron - 26


Saline Lagoon

AM Tide Level: Mid


Greenshank - 1

Avocet - 2

Lapwing - 1

Shoveler (male) - 1

Shelduck - 4


Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch - 2

Greenfinch - 3

Goldfinch - 2

Blackcap - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2 (1 male, 1 female)

Bullfinch - 8


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Long-tailed Tit (pair @ Close Encounters) - 2

Blackcap (across site)

Tufted Duck (Reservoir) - 31

Cormorant (River Wear) - 1


Other Wildlife Species Around Site


Amphibians

Smooth Newt (Amphibian Ponds)


Invertebrates

Orange Tip

Common Carder Bee

Crab Spider (Flamingo enclosure)


Flora

Northern Marsh Orchid (Amphibian Ponds)



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