Wildlife Sightings - 29/032024

Weather: sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Species

Mute Swan - 4

Canada Goose - 35

Graylag Goose - 9

Tufted Duck - 25

Avocet - 10

Shoveler Duck - 9

Shelduck - 33

Black-headed Gull - 20

Oystercatcher - 4

Redshank - 13

Teal Duck - 17

Lapwing - 20

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Siskin - 9

Blue Tit - 2

Great Tit - 3

Chaffinch - 3

Bullfinch - 2

Stock Dove - 2

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Long-tailed tit - 1

Dunnock - 1

Robin - 2

Mealy Redpoll - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Herring Gull - 7 (Wader lake)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 (Wader Lake)

Goldfinch - 1 (The Lookout)

Chaffinch - 2 (The Lookout)

Tufted Duck - 2 (River Wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)

Moorhen - 2 (River Wear)

Dunnock - 1 (Amphibian Ponds)

Kestrel - 1 (Forgotten Meadow)

Blackcap - 1 (Singing) (Wet Wood)

Willow Warbler - 1 (Wet Wood)

Little Egret - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Oystercatcher - 2 (Saline Lagoon)

Grey Heron - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Teal - 4 (Saline Lagoon)

Greenfinch - 4 (Centre Feeders)

Reed Bunting - 1 (Filter Reedbeds)

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Invertebrates:

Buss-tailed Bumblebee

Common Carder bee

Rosemary beetle



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