Wildlife Sightings - 18/08/2023
River wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader Lake:
Avocet - 23
Teal - 25
Greylag Goose - 4 + 2 Goslings
Black-headed Gull - 29
Grey Heron - 2
Lapwing - 238
Black-tailed Godwit - 2
Curlew - 1
Ruff - 3
Redshank - 2
Shoveler - 2
Coot - 1
Hawthorn wood:
Nuthatch - 1
Robin - 1
Mallard - 1 + 4 ducklings
Bullfinch - 1 + 1 juvenile
Goldfinch - 2
Blue tit - 7
Coal tit - 2
Moorhen - 1 juvenile
Great tit -6
Dunnock - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Lesser black-backed Gull - 1 (Wader lake)
Canada Goose - 8 (Wader lake)
Greylag Goose - 9 (Wader lake)
Kingfisher - 1 (River wear)
Oystercatcher - 3 (River wear)
Black-headed Gull - 3 (River wear)
Herring Gull - 5 (River wear)
Grey Heron - 1 (River wear)
Lapwing - 5 (Saline Lagoon)
Chaffinch - 1 (The Lookout)
Great tit - 4 + 5 juveniles
Tufted duck - 3 + 2 ducklings (The Reservoir)
