Wildlife Sightings - 24/07/2023
Weather: overcast
River wear tide level: high
A.M
Wader lake:
Little Egret - 1
Common Sandpiper - 1
Oystercatcher - 2
Avocet - 27
Redshank - 44
Lapwing - 198
Ruff - 3
Curlew - 4
Shelduck - 15
Gadwall - 10 + 8 young
Tufted duck - 2 + 1 young
Common Tern - 11 + 2 young
Greylag - 2
Black-headed Gull
Saline Lagoon:
Lapwing - 26
Carriin crow - 4
Hawthorn wood:
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 Juvenile
Dunnock - 3
Great tit - 5
Blue tit - 6
Chaffinch - 4
Coal tit - 4
Bullfinch - 2
Robin - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Other birds noted around:
Grey Heron - 10 (Heron Hedge)
Kestrel - 2 (Heron Hedge)
Willow Warbler - 5 ( 4 juvenile) (Reserve Orchard)
Blackcap - 3 (2 juvenile) South Wood)
Other Wildlife species noted on site:
Mammals:
Hedgehog
Invertebrates:
Hairy Shieldbug
22-spot Ladybird
22-spot Larva
Harleguin Ladybird
Flora / Fungi:
Ribbed Melilot
Prickly sow Thistle
Timothy
Peremial sow Thistle
