Wildlife Sightings - 24/04/2020
Weather: Sunny, 16°C
Wind speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake - AM - MID water level
Avocet 33
Oystercatcher 4
Lapwing 16
Redshank 4
Common snipe 1
Little ringed plover 1
Black headed gull 32 (30 adults, 2 first summer birds)
Herring gull 1 (2nd summer bird)
Less black backed gull 2 adults
Saline Lagoon
Oystercatcher 2
Shelduck 10
Shoveler 2 (pair)
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 2 (pair)
Nuthatch 1
Treecreeper 1
Reed bunting 2 (male)
Wren 1
Long tailed tit 2
Willow tit 1
Bullfinch 6
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 4
Other birds noted around site
Oystercatcher (Stream Channel) 2
Lesser whitethroat (East Down scrub) 1
Common Whitethroat (Across site) 4
Chiffchaff (across site) 7
Willow warbler (across site) 5
Blackcap (across site) 5
Reed Warbler (1 Round Table Pond, 1 River Reedbed)
Other wildlife species around site
Invertebrates:
Holly blue (Forgotten Meadow)
