Wildlife Sightings - 22/05/21
Weather: Overcast, drizzle
Wind speed: Breeze
River Wear Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake Time:AM Water Level:Low
Mute Swan - 7 (2 adults & 5 cygnets)
Grey Heron - 29 (11 adults & 18 juvenile/chicks)
Avocet - 30 (26 adults & 4 chicks)
Oystercatcher - 4
Redshank - 1
Lapwing - 8
Dunlin - 1
Common Tern - 252
Black-headed Gull - 68
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2
Shelduck - 23 (12 adults & 1 brood of 11 ducklings)
Saline Lagoon Time:AM Tide Level:Low
Avocet - 1
Shelduck - 3
Grey Heron - 1
Sedge Warbler - 2
Hawthorn Wood
Nuthatch - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 female
Greenfinch - 1
Treecreeper - 1
Jay - 1
Robin - 2 (1 adult & 1 fledgling)
Lookout Feeding Station
Bullfinch - 2 (1 male & 1 female)
Blue Tit - 1
Chaffinch - 4 (2 male & 2 female)
Other Birds Noted Around Site
Shoveler (Wader Lake) - 3 males
Gadwall (Wader Lake) - 7 (6 male & 1 female)
Swallow (Wader Lake) - 10
Swift (Wader Lake) - 2
Sand Martin (Wader Lake) - 2
Buzzard (South Wood) - 1
Oystercatcher (Nesting in Ganderland) - 2
Long-tailed Tits (Grounds) - 4
Other Wildlife Species Around Site
Invertebrates:
Broad-bodied Chaser (Amphibian Pond)
