Wildlife Sightings - 21/05/2024

Weather: Overcast

River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 21

Shelduck - 20 + 4 Chicks

House Martin - 5

Tufted Duck - 10

Black-headed Gull - 121

Oystercatcher - 4

Common Tern - 54

Graylag Goose - 7 + 3 Chicks + 6 Chicks

Teal - 2

Lapwing - 4

Canada Goose - 7

Canada x Graylag Goose - 1

Gadwall - 8

Mute Swan - 2

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Chaffinch - 2 + 1

Bullfinch - 2

Great Tit - 3

Goldfinch - 2

Dunnock - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Robin - 1

Coal Tit - 1

Greenfinch - 1

Magpie - 3

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Grey Heron - 12 (Heronry)

Buzzard - 1 (Heronry)

Shelduck - 43 (Wader Meadow)

Graylag Goose - 4 (Wader Meadow)

Canada Goose - 14 (Wader Meadow)

Lapwing - 3 (Wader Meadow)

Gadwall - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Black-headed Gull - 33 (River Wear)

Redshank - 1 (River Wear)

Herring Gull - 24 (River Wear)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 (River Wear)

Shelduck - 6 (River Wear)

Tufted Duck - 6 (River Wear)

Invertebrates:

Buff-Tailed Bumblebee

Hawthorn Shield bug

Flora / Fungi:

Ragged Robin

Cuckoo Flower

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