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


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