Wildlife Sightings - 25/05/22

Weather: Overcast, windy
River Wear Tide Level: High


Wader Lake Species

Redshank - 5
Tufted Duck - 12 (9 male, 3 female)
Shelduck - 23
Gadwall - 8
Lapwing - 10 (2 chicks)
Shoveler - 4
Oystercatcher - 1
Avocet - 44
Common Tern - 117 & 4 chicks
Teal - 2
Gadwall - 8 male
Grey Heron - 23 (5 juvenile, 11 fledged)
Herring Gull - 2
Black-headed Gull - 135
Greylag - 4
Canada Goose - 11 & 3 chicks
Canada x Greylag hybrid - 2


Saline Lagoon Species

Shelduck - 4
Oystercatcher - 2
Redshank - 1
Shoveler - 1 male
Sedge Warbler - 1


Hawthorn Wood Species

Robin - 1
Bullfinch - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 female
Blackcap - 1


Lookout Feeding Station Species

Robin - 1
Great Tit - 2


Other Bird Species Noted

Blackcap (Pen 1) - 1 male
Wren - 4
Sedge Warbler (River Reedbed) - 1


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Flora/Fungi;

Crosswort - Barmston Lane

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