Wildlife Sightings 17/07/2021
Weather: hot sunny
River Wear Tide Level: high
A.M
Water level: mid
Wader Lake:
Avocel - 6
common tern - 98
Black headed gull - 62
Oystercatcher - 4
Redshank - 4
Lapwing - 200
Black tailed godwit - 3
Wigeon - 1
Shelduck - 15
Saline Lagoon:
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 9
Common sandpiper - 1
Grey Heron - 1
Other birds noted around site:
kestrel (north wood) - 1
Goldfinch (wader lake path) - 5
Mute swan (river wear) - 2
Hawthorn wood:
willow tit - 2
Blue tit - 2
Coal - 2
Great tit - 4
Chaffinch - 3
Lookout feeding station:
Blue tit - 1
Bullfinch - 1
Chaffinch - 2
Robin - 2
Dunnock - 1
