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 16/06/2022

Weather .very hot & sunny

River Wear tide level..mid

Wader Lake

Oystercatcher (13 chicks 2 broods).-7

Grey Heron juv-17 Fledged 4..-21

Black headed Gull -72 +57 chicks

Avocet 19+10 chicks

Shell duck (2 broods)7+18 chicks

Common Turn -105 + 3 chicks

Lapwing (2broods)5+4 chicks

Teal -2

Sand martin -1

Swallow -1

Shoveler -2

Saline Lagoon Species

Grey Heron- 1juv

Canada geese -2

Shell duck -1

Oystercatcher - nesting 1

Lapwing -4

Other Birds species noted

Green finch ..north wood -1

Wren ..north wood -1

Reed Bunting ..Amphibian pond -1

Herring Gull River Wear -36

Lesser black back Gull,,River Wear -1

Hawthorn Wood Species

Bull finch -5

Chaffinch -2

Great TIt -5

Blue Tit -2

Look out feeding station species

Bull finch -1

Robin -1

Blackbird -1

Invertabrates

Azure @ south wood

Red admiral @ Reservoir

Speckled Wood ..Across site

Fungi/flora

Scarlet Pimpernel..across site


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