wildlife Sightings - 18/05/2022
Weather: Sunny
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Avocet - 43
Shelduck - 48
Tufted duck - 12
Grey Heron - 33
Black-tailed Godwit - 1
Blach-headed Gull - 80
Common tern - 76
Lapwing - 9
Shoverler - 1
Redshank - 3
Lesser black-backed Gull - 3
Kestrel - 1
Canada Goose - 8
Saline lagoon:
Gadwall - 2
Avocet - 5
Shelduck - 1
Shoveler - 1
Black-headed Gull - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Sedge Warbler - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
Willow Warbler - 3 (Wader lake footpath)
Blackcap - 1 (Middle wood)
Mute Swan - 2 (River Wear)
Jay - 1 (River Reedbed)
ChiffChaff - 1 (North wood)
Hawthorn wood:
Reed Bunting - 1
Coal tit - 2
Bullfinch - 2
Lookout feeding station:
Great spotted woodpecker - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Other wildlife spotted around site:
Mammals:
Greylag Goose - 1
Pied wagtail - 1