Wildlife Sightings - 27/05/2023
Weather: sunny
River wear tide level: high
A.M
Wader Lake:
Avocet - 28+2 Chicks (10 nesting)
Oystercatcher - 4
Redshank - 2
Lapwing - 7
Gadwall - 6
Teal - 2
Shoveler - 2
Common Tern - 160 (110 nesting)
Black-headed Gull - 82 (40 nesting)
Grey Heron - 33 (22 juv + 11 adults)
Tufted duck - 11
Swift - 2
Hawthorn Wood:
Reed Bunting - 1
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1
Nuthatch - 2
Stock Dove - 1
Dunnock - 3
Bullfinch - 4
Greenfinch - 3
Goldfinch - 5
Coal Tit - 4
Black cap - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Herring Gull - 70 (River)
Cormorant - 2 (River)
Grey Heron (River)
Willow Tit (Red and White) colour Ringed) (Wader Lake Path)
Common WhiteThroat (Wader Lake Path)
SongThrush (Wader Lake path)
Bullfinch (Wader Lake path)
Oystercatcher - 2 (Lagoon)
Lapwing - 2 (Lagoon)
Reed Bunting - 1 (Lagoon)
Reed Warbler - 2 (Filter Reedbed)
Sedge Warbler - 1 (Filter Reedbed)
Other Wildlife spotted around site:
Mammals:
Stoat - 3 (Wader Lake path
Amphibian / Fish:
Smooth Newt (Amphibian pond)
Invertebrates:
Orange Tip
Peacock
Speckled Wood
Holly Blue
Flora / Fungi:
Yellow Rattle
Yellow Flag Iris
Ragged Robin
Northern Marsh Orchid
Birds-foot Trefoil
Oxeye Daizy
( all Forgotten Meadow)
