Wildlife sightings - 24/05/2022
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Sand martin 2
Avocet 35 (4 chicks)
Common tern 116
Oystercatcher 8
Lapwing 8
Redshank 3
Little egret 1
Shoveler 5
Gadwall 3
Tufted duck 11
Shelduck 52 (7 ducklings)
Teal 2
Canada goose
Greylag 9
Black-headed gull 103
Herring gull 5
Saline Lagoon
Lapwing 1
Shoveler 1
Shelduck 3
Avocet 1
Hawthorn Wood
Nuthatch 1
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Dunnock 2
Bullfinch 4
Blue tit 4
Great tit 3
The Lookout
Robin 1
Great tit 2
Chaffinch 1
Other birds
Grey heron - 22 - Wader Lake heron hedge
Goldfinch - 5 - Amphibian ponds
Song thrush - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Whitethroat - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Blackcap - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Kestrel - 1 - Hawthorn Wood
Mute swan - 2 - River Wear
Sedge warbler - 1 - River reedbed
Chiffchaff - Hollowood
Invertebrates
Orange ladybird
Small copper butterfly
Click beetle
Small skipper
Flora
Meadow fescoe
Soft brome
Barren brome
Great quaking grass
Crosswort
