Wildlife Sightings - 16/08/2023
Weather: cloudy / overcast
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Common Tern - 3
Avocet - 21
Shelduck - 3
Black-headed Gull - 5 ( 2 juvenile)
Black-tailed Godwit - 1
Grey Heron - 8
Teal - 8
Ruff - 2
Lapwing - 301
Curlew -2
Coot - 1
Kingfisher - 1
Hawthorn wood:
Great-spotted woodpecker - 1
Robin - 2 juvenile
Greenfinch - 1 + 1
Blue tit - 9
Great tit - 7
Coal tit - 1
Chaffinch - 2 + 1
Mallard - 1 + 4 ducklings
Dunnock - 1
Goldfinch - 1 juvenile
Other birds noted around site:
Greylag Goose - 2 + 1 gosling (Wader lake)
Herring Gull - 1 (Wader lake)
Lesser black-backed Gull - 1 (Wader lake)
Curlew - 3 River wear)
Little Egret - 1 (River wear)
Redshank - 2 (River wear)
Black-headed Gull - 1 (River wear)
Goosander - 1 (River wear)
Lapwing - 7 (Saline Lagoon)
Long-tailed tit - 1 (The Lookout)
Black bird - 1 (The Lookout)
Tufted duck - 1 + 4 ducklings (The Reservoir)
