Wildlife sightings - 20/06/2024
Weather: sunny
River wear tide level : low
Wader lake species:
Avocet - 19
Sand martin - 13
Shoveler - 7
Black headed gull - 77 + 22 chicks
Shelduck - 15 + 17 chicks
Common tern - 54
Greylag goose - 5
Canada goose 7 + 3 chicks
Teal duck - 7
Oyster catcher - 1
Tufted duck - 6
Lesser black - backed gull - 1
Hawthorn wood bird feeding:
Nuthatch - 2
Bullfinch - 10
Coal tit - 1
Blue tit - 1
Goldfinch - 1
Great tit - 8
Chaffinch - 4
Greenfinch - 3
Stock dove - 3
Bird noted around site:
Grey heron - Heronry - 6
Sedge warbler - wader lake - 1
Sand martin - wader lake footpath - 5
Goldfinch - wader lake footpath - 1
Black - headed gull - saline lagoon - 1
Redshank - river wear - 3
Cormorant - river wear - 2
Canada goose - river wear - 2
Tufted duck - river wear - 3
Black - headed gull - river wear - 20
Lesser black - backed gull - river wear - 2
Oyster catcher - river wear - 2
Shelduck - river wear - 2
Herring gull - river wear - 10
Invertebrates:
Speckled wood - 3 - Middle wood / south wood
