Wildlife Sightings - 17/03/2023

Weather: clear,sunny

River wear tide level: mid

A.M

Wader Lake:

Shelduck - 35

Oystercatcher - 4

Grey Heron - 28

Mute Swan - 3

Lapwing - 15

Black-headed Gull - 230

Avocet - 24

Wigeon - 2

Canada Goose - 9

Canada +Greylag Goose - 1

Herring Gull - 32

Gadwall - 2

Hawthorn wood:

Coal tit - 1

Blue tit - 3

Moorhen - 2

Mallard - 2

Dunnock - 1

Great tit - 2

Chaffinch - 1

Bullfinch - 1

Robin - 1

Reed bunting - 2 (a pair)

Other birds noted on site:

Grey Heron - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Mute swan - 2 (River wear)

Golden eye - 2 (River wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Greylag Goose - 2 (River wear)

Grey Partridge - 2 (Wader lake footpath)

Curlew - 20 (Saline Lagoon)

Teal - 17 (Saline lagoon)

Oystercatcher - 2 (Saline lagoon)

Avocet - 1 (Saline lagoon)

Shelduck - 2 (Saline lagoon)

Tufted duck - 5 (Reservoir)

Other Wildlife Species spotted around site:

Flora / Fungi:

Daffodils

Coltsfoot (Across site)


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