Wildlife Sightings - 20/05/2020
Weather: Very sunny
Wind speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Very low
Wader Lake - AM - Water level low
Avocet 40 + 2 chicks
Lapwing 14
Oystercatcher 4
Redshank 2
Common tern 140
Black headed gull 52
Jackdaw 44
Gadwall 4 (3 male, 1 female)
Shoveler 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Shelduck 23
Kestrel 1 (male)
Saline Lagoon
Grey heron 2
Shelduck 6
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker (1 male, 1 female)
Nuthatch 1
Willow tit 1
Bullfinch 5
Other birds noted around site
Mute swan (Round table pond) 2
Sedge warbler (Round table pond) 2
Reed warbler (Round table pond) 3
Reed bunting (Round table pond) 1
Swift (East Downs) 2
Sand Martin (River Wear) 5
Other wildlife species around site
Amphibians / Fish:
Smooth newt (Amphibian Ponds) 5
Invertebrates:
Comma
Small white
Large white
Speckled wood
