Wildlife Sightings - 27/12/2022
Weather: dull
River wear tide level: high
A.M
Wader lake:
Lapwing - 2
Redshank - 2
Shelduck - 2
Canada Goose - 7
Greylag - 2
Hawthorn wood:
Chaffinch - 15
Coal tit - 4
Nuthatch - 1
Greenfinch - 2
Dunnock - 1
Black-bird - 2
Bullfinch - 5
Blue tit - 11
Great tit - 8
Goldfinch - 2
Other birds noted on site:
Cormorant - 1 (River wear)
Little grebe - 1 (River wear)
Black-headed Gull - 33 (River wear)
Jay - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
Willow tit - 1 (Hawthorn wood Scrub)
Teal - 31 (Saline Lagoon)
Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon)
Herring Gull - 11 (Saline Lagoon)
Tree-creeper - 1 (Hawthorn wood)
Long-tailed Tit - 5 (South wood)
Tree-creeper - 1 (South wood)
Gold-crest - 1 (South wood)
Other wildlife species spotted around site:
Mammals:
Roe Deer - 2 (Hidden Meadow)
(Spotted by the public 2 groups of 4 roe deer - 10 (Spring Gill)
Invertebrates:
Harlequin Ladybird (Lagoon Hide)