Wildlife Sightings - 16/02/2025
Weather : cold
River Wear Tide Level : low
Wader Lake Species
Grey Heron - 27 (seen collecting nesting materials, at least 10 nests occupied)
Lapwing - 29
Tufted Duck - 9
Shelduck - 12
Black Headed Gull - 31
Herring Gull - 14
Buzzard - 1 (perching on post on the meadow)
Canada Goose - 5
Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1M
Long-Tailed Tit - 4
Bullfinch - 4
Coal Tit - 2
Blackbird - 1
Siskin - 2M
Chaffinch - 7
Robin - 2
Dunnock - 1
Blue Tit - 4
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Cormorant - 1 (flying) (River Wear)
Teal - 4 (Saline Lagoon)
Goldcrest - 2 (in pine trees) (Middle Wood)
Willow Tit - 2 heard (Middle Wood and The Lookout)
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 (The Lookout)
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 drumming (on the trees) (Hawthorn Wood)
Nuthatch - 2 singing (Hawthorn Wood)
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 drumming (The Duckery)
Buzzard - 1 calling (The River)
Canada Goose - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Roe Deer - 1M (Hawthorn Wood)