Wildlife Sightings - 25/11/21
Weather: Bright, cold, some frost on ground
River Wear Tide Level: High, falling
Wader Lake
Greylag goose - 1
Shelduck - 9
Teal - 70
Moorhen - 2
Lapwing - 2
Herring Gull - 18
Red shank - 1
Wigeon - 1
Black-headed Gull - 61
Buzzard (in tree line) - 1
Saline Lagoon
Grey Heron - 1
Hawthorn Wood
Bullfinch (2m,2f) - 4
Robin - 3
Dunnock - 1
Coal tit - 1
Chaffinch - 3
Lookout feeding station
Bullfinch (4m, 2f) - 6
Chaffinch (m) - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Robin - 1
Great tit - 5
Blue tit - 3
Other birds noted around site
Bullfinch (1m,2f) - Slick Gill - 3
Greenfinch - Slick Gill - 2
Mistle Thrush (heard) - Hidden meadow hedge - 1
Chaffinch (m) - Hidden meadow hedge - 1
Long tailed tit - Wader lake footpath - 2
Grey Heron - River Wear (Window on the Wear 1)
Chaffinch - Wader Lake footpath - 2
Bullfinch (heard) - Hawthorn Wood - 1
GS Woodpecker (heard) - Top Reservoir - 1
Shelduck - Top Reservoir - 3
Mammals
Grey Squirrel - 1 @ Hawthorn Wood
Fungi
Turkey tail x 10 @ North Wood
Other notes of interest
Bird of Prey hunting along the river in front of Saline Lagoon
in trees opposite bank of the River.
It was too fast for me to ID !
