Wildlife sightings - 15/10/2023

Weather: Frosty start + sunny + breezy

River Wear Tide Level: mid

Wader Lake Species

A.M

Lapwing - 23

Teal - 48

Saline Lagoon Species

Other Bird Species Noted

Willow tit - 1 (Top meadow)

Mistle Thrush - 1 (Dragonfly ponds)

Siskin - 9 (Dragonfly ponds)

Goldfinch - 3 (Dragonfly ponds)

Grey Heron - 1 (River wear)

Goosander - 1 (River Wear)

Black-headed Gull - 56 (River wear)

Sparrow hawk - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Tree creeper - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Kestrel - 1 (Lagoon meadows)

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Blue Tit - 7

Bullfinch - 1

Pheasant - 1

Dunnock - 1

Chaffinch - 2

Coal Tit - 3

Great Tit - 4

Moorhen - 3 (1 chick)

Greenfinch - 1

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