Wildlife Sightings - 17/02/2024

Weather: overcast

River Wear Tide Level: high


Wader Lake Species

Grey Heron - 33

Canada Goose - 16

Gadwall - 5

Shelduck - 5

Tufted Duck - 3

Redshank - 37

Avocet - 3

Lapwing - 43

Oystercatcher - 5

Black-headed Gull - 26

Herring Gull - 2

Buzzard - 1 (in heron hedge)

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

G. S. Woodpecker - 1

Blue Tit - 8

Great tit - 6

coal tit - 2

Long-tailed Tit - 3

Robin - 1

Bullfinch - 5

Chaffinch - 5

Dunnock - 1

Willow tit - 2

Wren - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Tufted Duck - 21 (River Wear)

Teal - 7 (River Wear)

Mallard - 8 (River Wear)

Moorhen - 3 (River Wear)

Reed Bunting - 2 (Amphibian ponds)

Little Egret - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Teal - 6 (Saline Lagoon)

Shelduck - 2 (Saline lagoon)

Kestrel - 1(Dragonfly pond)

Wren - 2 (Wader lake footpath)

Robin - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Black bird - 5 (Wader lake footpath)

Grey Heron - 3 (Wader lake meadow)

Shelduck - 20 (Wader lake meadow)

Lapwing - 39 (Wader lake Meadow)

Canada Goose - 1 (Wader lake Meadow)


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