Wildlife Sightings - 29/05/2020
Weather: warm and sunny
Wind speed: light
River Wear Tide Level: mid / high
Wader Lake - AM - water level low
Avocet 30
Oystercatcher 7 adults + 3 chicks (1 brood)
Lapwing 10
Redshank 2
Little ringed plover 2
Curlew 2
Common tern 216
Black headed gull 126
Herring gull 1
Lesser black backed gull 2
Shelduck 32 adults + 16 ducklings
Grey heron 33
Greylag 29
Canada goose 11
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 4
Grey heron 4 juveniles
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 2 (male & female)
Nuthatch 1
Bullfinch 5
Chaffinch 2
Other birds noted around site
Song thrush (Hollowood) 1 adult + 2 juveniles
Willow warbler (Lagoon hide area) 1 adult + 3 juveniles
Jay (Hawthorn Wood) 1 adult + 1 juvenile
Kestrel (Hidden Meadow) 1 female
Other wildlife species around site
Mammals:
Roe deer (doe) at Saline Lagoon
Invertebrates:
Common blue
Speckled wood
Orange tip
Small tortoiseshell
