Wildlife Sightings - 17/07/2022
Weather: Cool, Overcast, Light rain
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader Lake:
Lapwing - 55+3
Black-headed Gull - 125+3+84
Snipe - 2
Wood Sandpiper - 1
Common Tern - 102+5+52
Shelduck - 1+21
Teal - 4
Avocet - 50+16
Mallard - 5+11
Tufted duck - 2+3
Curlew - 2
Oystercatcher - 4
Grey Heron - 4+2
Redshank - 12
Black-tailed Godwit - 10
Saline Lagoon:
Mute Swans - 2
Lapwing - 5
Reed Bunting - 1
Lesser-blacked backed Gull - 1
Mallard - 3
Other birds noted around site:
Curlew - 1 (River wear)
Lapwing - 5 (River wear)
Redshank - 4 (River Wear)
White throat - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
Willow Warbler - 3 (Middle wood)
Chiff chaff - 2 (Hawthorn wood)
Long-tailed Tit - 3 (Hawthorn wood)
Reed Warbler - 1 (Wader Lake)
Hawthorn wood:
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2
Greenfinch - 3
Lookout Feeding Station:
Bullfinch - 3+2
Greenfinch - 1
Chaffinch - 3
Great Tit - 7
Blue tit - 5
Other wildlife species noted around site:
Mammal:
Hedgehog (Lookout)
