Wildlife Sightings - 13/07/21

Weather: Overcast
Wind Speed: N/A
River Wear Tide Level: High


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Low

Avocet - 12 (1 nesting)
Tern - 95 (60 adults & 35 young)
Black-headed Gull - 121 (89 adults & 32 young)
Lapwing - 230
Black-tailed Godwit - 4
Oystercatcher - 2
Redshank - 1
Teal - 3
Shelduck - 14
Swallow - 3


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: High

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1


Hawthorn Wood

Robin - 3
Blue Tit - 7
Mallard - 2 female
Great Tit - 5
Bullfinch - 5 (3 male)
Nuthatch - 5


Lookout Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 4
Robin - 1
Chaffinch - 8


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Willow Warbler (North Wood) - 1
Sparrowhawk (North Wood) - 1 female
Goldfinch (Amphibian Ponds) - 4
Oystercatcher (River Wear) - 2
Grey Heron (Heronry) - 2 adults & 4 chicks


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Flora/Fungi;

Bittersweet
Meadowsweet
Bindweed
Creeping Cinquefoil

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