Wildlife sightings - 27/07/2024
a.m. Tide level: high
Wader Lake
Sand martin 22
Common tern 24 + 1 juvenile + 6 chicks
Black-headed gull 73 + 21 juvenile + 1 chick
Shelduck 5 + 20 juvenile
Lapwing 260
Oystercatcher 1
Redshank 20
Moorhen 2 + 1 juvenile
Coot 1
Greylag 4 + 4 juvenile
Canada goose 2
Hawthorn Wood
Blue tit 4
Great tit 3 + 2 juvenile
Coal tit 2
Long-tailed tit 1
Great spotted woodpecker 1 + 1 juvenile
Bullfinch 1
Goldfinch 1 + 1 juvenile
Greenfinch 1
Nuthatch 1
Treecreeper 1
Other birds
Grey heron - 3 - Heronry (back of Wader Lake)
Great tit - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Wren - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Blackbird - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Robin - 1 juvenile - Wader Lake footpath
Goldfinch - 4 juvenile - Wader Lake footpath
Song thrush - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Little egret - 1 - River Wear
Herring gull - 2 - River Wear
Black-headed gull - 4 juvenile - Saline Lagoon
Mallard - 3 - Saline Lagoon
Moorhen - 2 juvenile - River Reedbed
