Wildlife Sightings - 13/08/2023
Weather: cloudy
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Teal - 2
Shelduck - 1 juvenile
Avocet - 18
Shoveler - 4
Gadwall - 2
Black-tailed Godwit - 1
Black-headed Gull - 1
Lapwing - 221
Common Tern - 2 + 1 juvenile
Grey Heron - 1
Little Egret - 1
Curlew - 1
Hawthorn wood:
Greenfinch - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 4
Bullfinch - 2
Dunnock - 1
Coal tit - 2
Great tit - 4
Blue tit - 3
Tree creeper - 1
Other birds noted on site:
Ruff - 2 (Wader lake)
Swallow - 3 (Wader lake)
Goldfinch - 50+ (Corner meadow)
Cormorant - 2 (River wear)
Grey Heron - 3 (River wear)
Redshank - 1 (River wear)
Black-headed Gull - 55 (River wear)
Curlew - 1 (River wear)
Lapwing - 2 (River wear)
Lesser black-backed Gull - 1 (River wear)
Herring Gull - 7 (River wear)
Lapwing - 4 (Saline lagoon)
Tufted duck - 5 (Reservoir)
