Wildlife Sightings - 18/08/2023

Weather: cloudy / overcast

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)

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