Wildlife sightings - 02/09/2023
Weather: overcast
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Curlew - 1
Redshank - 5
Black-tailed Godwit - 2
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1
Common Sandpiper - 2
Snipe - 1
Lapwing - 237
Gadwall - 2
Teal Duck- 15
Heron - 3
Black-headed Gull - 23
Greylag - 3
Hawthorn wood:
Goldfinch - 4 + 1 juvenile
Blue tit - 2
Great tit - 2
Nuthatch - 1
Chaffinch - 2
Coal tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Bullfinch - 1 + 1 juvenile
Great-spotted woodpecker - 1
Other Birds noted on site:
Jay - 1 (Hidden Meadow)
Pheasant - 1 (Hidden Meadow)
Black-headed Gull - 8 (River wear)
Kestrel - 1 (Middle wood)
Great tit - 1 (Lookout Hide)
Blackcap - 1 (singing) (Hollow wood)
Dunnock - 1 (Hollow wood)
Shoveler - 1 (Reservoir)
Tufted Duck - 3 (Reservoir)
Mallard - 26 (Saline Lagoon)
Grey Heron - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Teal - 3 (Saline Lagoon)
Lapwing - 5 (Saline Lagoon)
Curlew - 1 (Saline Lagoon)