Wildlife Sightings 05/02/2023

Weather: Cloudy, Bright spells

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Shelduck - 10
Wigeon - 4
Shoveler - 21
Teal - 2
Gadwall - 6
Mandarin (f) - 1
Mute Swan - 2
Greylag - 11
Canada Goose - 16
Canada x Greylag Hybrid - 3
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing (7 on meadow) - 55
Black-headed gull - 41
Herring gull - 9
Pied Wagtail - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Reed Bunting ( 1m, 1f) - 2
Coal tit - 2
Treecreeper - 1
Great tit - 4
Chaffinch - 5
Robin - 3
Long-tailed tit - 4
Bullfinch - 4
Bluie tit - 11
Dunnock - 1
Kestrel - 1

Fen Carr

Jay - 1
G.S. Woodpecker - 1
Greenfinch - 2

River Wear

Black-headed gull - 157
Little Grebe - 1

Saline Lagoon

Curlew - 31
Oystercatcher - 2

Lagoon Meadow Path

Sparrowhawk - 1 (m)

Forgotten Meadow

Kestrel - 1 (m)

Heron Hedge

Grey Heron - 38

North Wood

Song Thrush - 1

Mammals

Roe Deer x 3 Old Oak Meadow

Flora/Fungi

Butterbur @ Amphibian Ponds


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