Wildlife Sightings - 05/08/2023
Weather: rain
River wear tide level: high
A.M
Wader lake:
Avocet - 15
Curlew - 1
Black-tailed Godwit - 4
redshank - 22
Oystercatcher - 5
Lapwing - 102
Black-headed Gull - 50
Common Tern - 3 + 2 juvenile
Herring Gull - 6 +6 young
Shelduck- 18
Teal - 9
Heron - 7 + 3 young
Hawthorn wood:
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 +1 + 1 juvenile
Pheasant - 1
Mallard - 4 + 1 chick
Magpie - 1
Chaffinch - 7
Goldfinch - 6 + 4 juvenile
Nuthatch - 1
Greenfinch - 2
Blue tit - 10 + 6 juvenile
Great tit - 11
Other birds noted around grounds:
Kestrel - 1 juvenile ( Wader lake footpath)
Grey Wagtail - 1 ( Wader lake)
Stock Dove - 2 ( Wader lake)
Swallow - 2 ( Wader lake)
Mallard - 11 ( Saline lagoon)
Lapwing - 2 ( Saline lagoon)
Bullfinch - 3 ( The Lookout)
Blue tit - 2 ( The Lookout)
Great tit - 1 ( The Lookout)
Chaffinch - 1 ( The Lookout)