Wildlife Sightings - 01/03/23

Weather: Rain, Cloudy
River Wear Tide Level: High


Wader Lake

Gadwall - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Grey Heron - 35 (2 1st year)
Shelduck - 18
Lapwing - 61
Oystercatcher - 2
Herring Gull - 5
Black-headed Gull - 20
Canada Goose - 18
Canada x Greylag Hybrid - 4
Greylag - 2
Mute Swan - 1
Teal - 3
Wigeon - 6 (3 male, 3 female)


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Goldfinch - 10
Dunnock - 1
Coal Tit - 3
Siskin - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Bullfinch - 9
Nuthatch - 1
Chaffinch - 3
Stock Dove - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Curlew (River Wear) - 1
Teal (Saline Lagoon) - 22
Oystercatcher (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Redshank (Saline Lagoon) - 1
Jay (Hawthorn Wood) - 2


Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Flora / Fungi;

Lungwort (Stream Channel) - 5

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