Wildlife Sightings - 12/06/21
Weather: Warm, part sunny
Wind: Moderate
River Wear Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
am/low
Avocet 14
Oystercatcher 3 adults + 2 chicks
Redshank 4 + 2 juveniles
Lapwing 7
Grey Heron 23 (6 adults,10 juveniles, 7 chicks)
Shelduck 10 adults + 34 ducklings (3 broods of 34 ducklings)
Shoveler 4
Gadwall 12
Teal 1 (male)
Common Tern 240 + 8 chicks
Black Headed Gull 35 + 18 chicks
Saline Lagoon
am/mid
Sedge Warbler 1
Swallow 6
Avocet 2
Lapwing 2
Greylag 16 (6 adults + 20 juveniles)
Hawthorn Wood
Greenfinch 6
Bullfinch 6
Chaffinch 4
Nuthatch 1
Greater Spotted Woodpecker 1 (male)
Lookout Feeding Station
Bullfinch 2
Coal Tit 1
Pheasant 1 (male)
Other birds noted around site
Oystercatcher 1 adult + 1 chick - From Wader Lake on River Bank at Window on the Wear
Kestrel 1 (female) - Hawthorn Wood
Lesser Black Backed Gull (3rd Summer) 1 - Wader Lake
Common Crow 8 - Wader Lake
Common Whitethroat 1 - Amphibian Pond
Sedge Warbler 1 - Amphibian Pond
Common Buzzard 1 - Above Spring Gill
Mistle Thrush 1 adult + 3 juveniles - Wet Wood area
Kingfisher - Water Garden
Other wildlife species around site
Invertebrates
Common Blue 6 - Stream Channel
Orange Tip 2 - Stream Channel
Peacock 1 - Lagoon Hide
Chimney Sweeper Moth 9 - Old Oak Meadow
