wildlife sightings 4/11/2021

Weather - Clear skies, chilly morning

Wind speed - Low

River wear level - Low

Wader lake - Teal 124, Shell duck 7, Moorhen 3, Lapwing 24, black headed gull 1, Snipe 1

Saline Lagoon - Kingfisher 1, Grey heron 1, red shank 1, teal 1, Moorhen 1

Hawthorn Wood - Goldfinch 1, willow tit 1, chaffinch 3, Greenfinch 1, Bullfinch 2, Coal tit 1, Nuthatch 1,

Look out feeding station - Nuthatch 1, Robin 1, Bullfinch 2, blue tit 3, green tit 2

Other birds noted around site:

Jay (flying over) wader lake footpath x1,Goosander - River wear x1, Long tailed tits - North wood x6, Cormorant (flying over) River wear x1, Great spotted woodpecker - hawthorn wood x1, Grey heron - River wear x1, Herring gull - River wear x1, Black headed gull - River wear x1

Other wildlife species around site:

3 x grey squirrel

Flora / Fungi:

Puffballs x15 @ middle wood

shaggy inkcap x23 @ saline lagoon,

candle snuff fungus x100

Sulpher tuft x13 @ hawthorn wood x17 @ nortth wood

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