Wildlife Sightings - 01/05/22

Weather: Overcast, breezy
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid

Avocet - 39
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 11
Redshank - 4
Common Sandpiper - 1
Common Tern - 2
Pied Wagtail - 2
Swallow - 2
Gadwall - 5
Shoveler - 3
Tufted Duck - 6
Shelduck - 23
Greylag - 11
Canada Goose - 10
Black-headed Gull - 52
Herring Gull - 12


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Low

Shelduck - 4


Hawthorn Wood

Reed Bunting - 1
Blue Tit - 1
Bullfinch - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Robin - 2
Great Tit - 3
Stock Dove - 2


Lookout Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 5 (3 male, 2 female)
Chaffinch - 1
Blackbird - 1 female


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Grey Heron (Heron Hedge) - 17
Curlew (River Wear) - 1
Common Sandpiper (River Wear) - 1
Reed Bunting (Amphibian Pond) - 2 male
Blackcap (Amphibian Pond) - 1 female
Song Thrush (Wader Lake footpath) - 2
Chiffchaff (Lagoon footpath) - 2
Sedge Warbler (Filter Reedbed) - 2
Common Whitethroat (Pen 1) - 1
Long-tailed Tit (Pen 1) - 3


Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Amphibians/Fish;

Smooth Newt (Amphibian Pond)


Invertebrates;

Buff-tailed Bumblebee
White-tailed Bumblebee
Common Carder Bee


Flora/Fungi;

Rowan flowering
Hawthorn flowering
Cocksfoot
Bogbean (Amphibian Pond)
Common Spike-rush (Amphibian Pond)


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