Wildlife Sightings - 26/01/2020

Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Gusty
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: High

Lapwing - 11
Mute Swan - 2
Grey Heron - 14
Shelduck - 22
Coot - 2
Tufted Duck - 6 female
Teal - 11 (6 male & 5 female)
Great Black-backed Gull - 1 (2nd calendar year)
Wigeon - 3 (2 male & 1 female)
Black-headed Gull - 38
Curlew - 13


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: High

Grey Heron - 1
Teal - 39
Mute Swan (flew over) - 3


Hawthorn Wood

Willow Tit - 2
Nuthatch (heard)
Dunnock - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 8
Chaffinch - 9
Bullfinch - 6
Robin - 3


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Bullfinch (Wader Lake footpath) - pair
Kestrel (Top Meadow) - pair
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Forgotten Meadow) - 2


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Flora/Fungi:
Ramsons
Snowdrops

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