Wildlife Sightings - 12/07/2022
Weather: Overcast, light rain
River wear tide Level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Shelduck - 4+23
Avocet - 42+16
Common Tern - 82+13+16
Black-tailed Gadwit - 10+1
Tufted duck - 3+11
Black-headed Gull - 29+37+5
Lapwing - 6+10
White-Ringed Plover - 2
Grey Heron - 2+3
Curlew - 1
Mallard - 5+35
Redshank - 3
Saline Lagoon:
Kingfisher - 1( Seen fishing)
Oystercatcher - 2+3 (adults flying to feed young)
Lapwing - 7
Other birds noted around site:
Kestrel - 1 (Forgotten Meadow)
Black cap - 561 (Orchard)
Mute Swan - 2 (River Wear)
Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)
Hawthorn wood:
Great-Spotted woodpecker - 3
Chaffinch - 2
Coal tit - 1
Willow tit - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Robin - 1
Lookout Feeding Station:
Bullfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 3
Great-spotted woodpecker - 1
