Wildlife Sightings - 22/07/2023

Weather: rain

River tide level: High

A.M

Wader Lake:

Ruff - 3

Avocet -36

Redshank - 8

Oystercatcher - 1

Curlew - 1

Common Tern - 25

Black-headed Gull - 53

Common Gull - 1

Grey Heron - 7

Shelduck - 8

Gadwall - 11

Shoveler - 3

Hawthorn wood:

Bullfinch - 2+1 +1 juvenile

Coal tit - 1

Chaffinch - 3 + 5

Blue tit - 4 +4 Juvenile

Great tit - 4 +3 Juvenile

Mallard - 3 +12 Ducklings

Dunnock - 1

Moorhen - 1 + 1 Juvenile

Magpie - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Other birds noted on site:

Herring Gull - 16 (River wear)

Lesser black-backed Gull - 2 (River wear)

Redshank - 2 (River wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Kestrel - 1 (River wear)

Common Tern - 2 (River wear)

Willow Warbler - 1 (North wood)

Kestrel - 1 (The Orchard)

Lapwing - 28 (Saline Lagoon)

Grey Heron - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Tufted duck - 5 + 11 Ducklings (Reservoir)

Robin - 1 (The Lookout)

Other Wildlife species spotted around site:

Flora / Fungi:

Broad-leaved Helleborine (Middle wood) & (Hollow wood)


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