Wildlife Sightings - 22/04/2020

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake - AM - MID water level

Avocet 38

Oystercatcher 2

Lapwing 18

Redshank 3

Grey heron 20 + 20 chicks

Shelduck

Shoveler

Black headed gull 10

Lesser black backed gull 2

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 2

Lesser black backed gull 2

Curlew 1

Hawthorn Wood

Stock dove 1

Great spotted woodpecker 1 (male)

Nuthatch 1

Reed bunting 2 (male)

Wren 1

Robin 2

Bullfinch 6

Goldfinch 4

Chaffinch 10

Other birds noted around site

Curlew (River Wear) 1

Mute swan (River Wear) 2

Common buzzard + kestrel (male) (buzzard flew from Spring Gill Wood chased by kestrel)

Mistle thrush (pair) (nesting at Spring Gill)

Swallow

Common whitethroat (Wader Lake path) 2

Other wildlife species around site

Invertebrates:

St Mark's fly

Speckled wood

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