Wildlife sightings - 21/08/2024
Weather: Sunny/Windy
River Wear Tide Level: High
Avocet - 5
Sand Martin - 7 +4 juvenile
Black Tailed Godwit - 17
Curlew - 3
Lapwing - 99
Teal - 31
Shelduck - 3 juvenile
Black Headed Gull - 81
Herring Gull - 4
Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1
Canada Goose - 1
Grey Heron - 1
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Great Tit - 5
Blue Tit - 4
Coal Tit - 2
Greenfinch - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 13 +2 juvenile
Bullfinch - 1 juvenile
Nuthatch - 1
Dunnock - 3
Pheasant - 1 juvenile
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Sand Martin -Amphibian Ponds - 2
Grey Heron - Heronry - 2
Chiff Chaff - Wader Lake Meadow - 40+
Mallard - Saline Lagoon - 5
Stock Dove - Saline Lagoon - 1
Kestrel - Saline Lagoon - 2
Herring Gull - River Wear - 8
Black Headed Gull - River Wear - 13
Cormorant - River Wear - 1
Mallard - The Reservoir - 21
Teal - The Reservoir - 2
Moorhen - The Reservoir - 1
Invertebrates
Common Darter - Amphibian Ponds - 1
Red Admiral - Wind on The Wear - 1
Early Bumblebee - Wader Lake - 1
Comma - Saline Foot Path - 1
