Wildlife Sightings 27/3/22

Weather: Sunny & Bright

Wind Speed: None

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Reed bunting (i reeds) - 1 (m)
Gadwall (12m, 5f) - 17
Teal - 38
Shelduck - 45
Tufted duck (3m,4f) - 7
Lesser black backed gull - 5
Shoveler (17m,3f) - 20
Oyster catcher - 1
Redshank - 13
Avocet - 2
Wigeon (2m,1f) - 3
Lapwing - 12
heron - 24 (22 in trees)
Black headed gull - 55
Herring gull _ 49
Canada Goose - 34
Greylag goose - 32

Saline Lagoon

Avocet - 2
Teal - 9
Greylag - 6
Shelduck - 10
Canada x Greylag hybrid - 1

Hawthorn Wood

Reed bunting (m) - 1
Great spotted woodpecker (m) - 1
Robin - 2
Chaffinch - 2
Dunnock - 1

Lookout Feeding Station

Black bird - 1
Great tit - 3
Blue tit - 3
Chaffinch - 2

Other birds noted around site

Mute Swan Resevoir - 2
Greenfinch The Orchard - 1 (heard)
Greenfinch Saline lagoon (3m,2f) - 5
Song Thrush Saline lagoon - 1
Chiffchaff Hawthorn Wood - 1
Wren Hollowwood - 1
Dunnock Hollowood - 1
Tufted duck (3m,4f) River Wear - 7

Mammals

Grey Squirrel x 1 Hawthorn Wood Hide

Flora/Fungi

Lesser Celandine x 2 South Wood
Yellow archangel (starting to flower) Stream Channel

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