Wildlife sightings - 30/05/2022

a.m. Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Shelduck 12 + 18 ducklings

Shoveler 2

Grey heron 34 (24 chicks)

Avocet 30 + 13 chicks

Oystercatcher 2 + 2 chicks

Black-headed gull 62 + 3 chicks

Gadwall 10

Tufted duck 5

Common tern 161

Lapwing 4 + 5 chicks

Redshank 1

Teal 2

Goldfinch 3

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 3

Canada goose 2

Sedge warbler 1

Hawthorn Wood

Dunnock 1

Robin 2

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Bullfinch 1

The Lookout

Great tit 2

Blue tit 1

Robin 1

Other birds

Blackcap - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Willow warbler - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Mute swan - 3 - River Wear

Shelduck - 5 - River Wear

Grey heron - 1 - River Wear

Sedge warbler - 1 - River reedbed

Invertebrates

Orange tip butterfly

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