Wildlife Sightings - 19/03/2020

Weather: Bright & Sunny

Windspeed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake - AM - Water level - mid

Lesser black backed gull - 6

Shoveler - 5 (Male) 1 (Female)

Avocet - 16

Redshank - 20

Lapwing - 17

mute swan - 2

Oyster catcher - 4

gawall - 1 (Male)

Shelduck - 56

Black headed gull - 152

Herring gull - 65


Saline Lagoon

Shelduck - 2

Common snipe - 1

Teal - 2

Other birds noted around site

Canada goose - (Wader lake reservior) - 21

Greylag (Wader lake reservior) - 5

Grey heron (Heron hedge) - 23

Gold crest (spring gill wood) - 1

Coal tit (Spring gill wood) - 2

Tree Creeper ( Spring gill wood) - 1

Common buzzard (East downs / River Wear) - 1

Kesterel (Male) (River Wear) - 1

Hawthorn wood

Great spotted woodpecker (Male) - 1

Dunnock - 1

Bullfinch - (Male) - 2

Chaffinch (Male) 1 (Female) 2

Great tit - 4

Blue tit - 7

Long tailed tit - 2

Robin - 1




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