Wildlife Sightings - 16/05/2024
Weather: Overcast
River wear tide level: Mid
Wader lake species:
Avocet - 22
Shelduck - 21
Grey heron - 2 juv
Mute swan - 2
Black - headed gull - 165
Common turn - 31
Mediterranean gull - 1
Oyster catcher - 3
Tufted duck - 26
Lapwing - 2
Shoveler - 2
Hawthorn wood hide bird feeding station:
Great tit - 3
Nuthatch - 1
Stock dove - 5
Blue tit - 1
Chaffinch - 4
Goldfinch - 2
Greenfinch - 2
Magpie - 1
Birds noted around site:
Swallow - Wader lake - 1
Greylag goose - Wader lake - 4
Teal - Wader lake - 1
Canada goose - Wader lake - 1
Redshank - Wader lake - 1
Gadwall - Wader lake - 2
Greylag goose - Wader meadow - 3
Canada goose - Wader meadow - 2
Shelduck - Wader meadow - 22
Black cap - Wader lake footpath - 1
Shelduck - Saline lagoon - 3
Gadwall - Saline lagoon - 1
Reservoir:
Gadwall - 1
Tufted duck - 14
River wear:
Herring gull - 13
Lesser black - backed - 1
Invertebrates:
Sun fly
