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Wildlife Sightings - 26/01/23
Weather: Clear, light rainRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesGrey Heron - 11 (all in hedge, beginning of nesting season)Shelduck - 26Canada Goose - 27Greylag Goose - 3Herring Gull - 33Black-headed Gull - 130Lapwing - 57Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding
26 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 23/01/23
Weather: CloudyRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesMoorhen - 2Carrion Crow (Meadow) - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationChaffinch - 6Bullfinch - 7Greenfinch - 3Great Tit - 2Coal Tit - 5Blue Tit - 4Long-tailed Tit - 9Blackbird - 3Dunnock - 1Robin
23 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 21/012023
Weather: Clear/Bright,ColdRiver Wear tide level: lowA.MWader lake: FrozenJay - 1Great tit - 1Blue tit - 2Black bird - 1 (Footpath)Hawthorn wood:Great-spotted woodpecker - 1Bullfinch - 3Chaffinch - 5Dunnock - 1Robin - 1Nuthatch - 1Black bird - 3Coa
21 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 20/01/2023
Weather: coldRiver wear tide level: lowA.MWader lake: 100% frozenKestrel - 1Grey Heron - 1Curlew - 3Black-Headed Gull - 92 (River wear)Herring Gull - 40Lesser-blacked backed Gull - 1 (2nd winter)Cormorant - 2Red-shank - 9Teal - 36Hawthorn wood:Greater
20 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 19/01/2023
Weather: Icy, FreezingRiver wear tide level: LowWader lake speciesCurlew - 1Lapwing - 3Sparrowhawk - 1Cormorant - 2Tufted duck - 5Grey Heron - 2Shoveler - 10Teal - 10Shelduck - 1Curlew - 1Redshank - 1Hawthorn wood bird feeding areaGreat spotted woodpecker
19 January 2023
Tales from the Heron Hedge
By Kate Ferguson, reserve warden A prehistoric-sounding squawk echoes across the river as a large shadow flies overhead, stick in beak, and scattering lapwing everywhere. It’s a majestic grey heron, returning from a trip to gather nesting material fr
19 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 18/01/23
Wader Lake Species FROZENLapwing - 10Carrion Crow - 3Blackbird - 1 femaleMagpie - 1Goldfinch - 35Siskin - 15Great Tit - 4Blue Tit - 1Wren - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationBullfinch - 6Blue Tit - 5Robin - 1Great Tit - 3Chaffinch - 4Coal Tit - 1Gold
18 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings 16/01/2023
Weather: SnowRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 5Shelduck - 11Black-headed gull - 86Herring Gull - 76Lapwing - 22 Canada x Greylag hybrid - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationDunnock - 1Chaffinch -
16 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings- 14/01/2023
Weather: Cloudy / sunnyRiver wear tide level: midA.MWader Lake:Canada Goose - 35Greylag Goose - 2Teal - 73Mallard -15Grey Heron - 2Shelduck - 16Black-headed Gull - 66Redshank - 1Lapwing - 45Moorhen - 2Curlew - 1Blue tit - 1 (Footpath)Hawthorn Wood:Lesser
14 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 13/01/2023
Weather: WindyRiver wear tide level: highA.MWader lake:Grey Heron - 8Shell duck - 20Mallard - 36Teal - 21Black-headed Gull - 88Herring Gull - 3Greater-black-backed Gull - 1Curlew -63Black Tailed Godwit -2Lapwing -56Common Snipe -1Hawthorn Wood bird Feedin
13 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 12/01/23
Weather: ClearRiver Wear Tide Level: MidAMWader Lake SpeciesLapwing 25Shelduck 13Sparrowhauk 1Teal 1Culew (flying over) 1River WearRedshank 18Teal 25Grey Heron 4 (3juv 1ad)Little Grebe 1Cormorant (flying over) 1Goldeney
12 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 10/01/23
Weather: Raining/ColdRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 6Grey Heron - 1Shelduck - 10Shoveler - 1Black-headed Gull - 67Herring Gull - 140+Lapwing - 69Common Snipe - 2Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationCoal Tit - 5Bullfinch - 3Treecreeper - 1
10 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 09/01/23
Weather: SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake Time/AMShelduck - 18Teal - 3Herring Gull - 19Black-headed Gull - 39Lapwing - 43Curlew - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationGoldfinch - 2Coal Tit - 4Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 maleBlue Tit - 3Chaffin
9 January 2023
Unwind and soak in wetland nature this winter
Winter truly is a most wonderful time of year for wetlands. They are dramatic and changeable. Wild, watery and full of life. There’s no better place to soak in nature. So after the bustle of the festive period and with a new year sretching out ahead,
8 January 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 01/1/2023
Weather: Cloudy , Light RainRiver Wear: lowA.MWader lake:Teal - 11Mallard - 10Shel-duck - 10Moorhen - 3Lapwing - 3Common crow -1 (Heron Hedge)Blackbird - 2 (Footpath)Hawthorn wood: Chaffinch - 18Stock Dove - 1Great tit - 4Blue tit - 4Great spotted woodpec
7 January 2023