Wildlife Sightings - 1/12/22
Weather: overcast
River Wear Tide level: high
A.M
Wader Lake:
Red-shank - 6
Canada Goose - 25
Pink footed goose - 1
Greylag - 2
Lapwing - 37
Shelduck - 4
Grey Heron - 1
Little Egret - 1
Black-headed Gull - 63
Snipe - 1
Hawthorn wood:
Coal tit - 4
Bullfinch - 3
Blue tit - 3
Great tit - 5
Dunnock - 1
Chaffinch - 2
Robin - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Water Rail - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Spotted Red-shank - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Red-shank - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Whopper Swans - 13 (Over site)
Kestrel - 1 (Old Oak Meadow)
Long-tailed tit - 15 (Amphibian ponds)
Gold-crest - 1 (Amphibian ponds)
Goose-ander - 6 (River Wear)
Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)
Red-wing - 4 (Old Oak Meadow)
Siskin - 3 (Wader lake footpath)
Goldfinch - 6 (Wader Lake footpath)
Other Wildlife Species spotted on grounds:
Mammals:
Otters - 3 (River Wear)
Roe Deer - 1 (Spring gill wood)
