Wader Lake works

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 - 13/06/2022

a.m. Tide level: low

Wader Lake

Avocet 48

Common tern 168 (3 chicks)

Lapwing 10 (4 chicks)

Oystercatcher 9 (5 chicks)

Redshank 1

Sand martin 2

Swallow 4

Shelduck 32 (21 ducklings)

Shoveler 3

Tufted duck 5

Gadwall 8

Teal 2

Black-headed gull 115 (48 chicks)

Saline Lagoon

Oystercatcher 1

Shoveler 1

Hawthorn Wood

Greenfinch 1

Dunnock 1

Great tit 11

Blue tit 7

Chaffinch 6

Robin 1

The Lookout

Bullfinch 6

Great tit 5

Chaffinch 3

Blue tit 4

Blackbird 1

Coal tit 1

Other birds

Kestrel - 2 - Corner meadow / Hawthorn Wood

Sedge warbler - 1 - Amphibian ponds

Blackcap - 3 - Amphibian ponds

Whitethroat - 1 - Dragonfly ponds

Lesser black-backed gull - 2 - River Wear

Song thrush - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Nuthatch - 2 - Hawthorn Wood

Invertebrates

7 spot ladybird pupae

Garden bumblebee

Nettle weevil

Speckled wood butterfly

Tree bumblebee

Flora/fungi

Nipplewort

Greater tusseck

Cats-ear

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