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Our reserve team are working on Wader Lake today (Wednesday 27 November) which may cause disturbance to the wildlife in the area. Thank you for your patience.

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Wildlife sightings - 11/05/2022

a.m. Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake

Avocet 36

Oystercatcher 2

Common tern 8

Little egret 1

Lapwing 10

Redshank 3

Curlew 1

Wood sandpiper 1

Shoveler 5

Gadwall 4

Tufted duck 14

Shelduck 25

Black-headed gull 81

Herring gull 8

Canada goose 16

Greylag goose 13

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing 1

Avocet 1

Shoveler 2

Gadwall 3

Hawthorn Wood

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Dunnock 2

Bllfinch 2

Great tit 3

Robin 3

Blue tit 1

The Lookout

Robin 1

Bullfinch 1

Great tit 1

Chaffinch 1

Greenfinch 1

Other birds

Chiffchaff - 5 - Calling across site

Grey heron - 23 - Heron Hedge

Reed warbler - 1 - Wader Lake reed

Kestrel - 1 - Fen carr

Mute swan - 3 - River Wear

Sedge warbler - 1 - River reedbed

Goldfinch - 2 - Amphibian ponds

Invertebrates

Large red damselfly

Nettle weevil

Raspberry beetle

Soldier beetle

Flora/fungi

Yellow rattle

Dignut

White waterlily

Scarlet pimpernel

Ragged robin

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