Wildlife Sightings - 29/08/2020

Weather: Rain/ Overcast
Wind Speed: Moderate
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake
AM
Water Level: Mid

Avocet - 12
Black- Tailed Godwit- 10
Ruff- 1
Lapwing- 74
Redshank- 20
Curlew- 6
Common Tern- 2
Shoveler- 11
Gadwall- 27
Teal- 36
Grey Heron- 9
Sand Martin- 4
Swallow- 10
Swift- 1
White Longtail- 1

Saline Lagoon
AM
Tide Level: Mid

Mallard- 40
Grey Heron- 3
Common Snipe- 2
Common Sandpiper- 1
Kingfisher- 1 (female)

Hawthorn Wood
AM

Jay- 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker- 2
Nuthatch- 1
Willow Tit- 1
Coal Tit- 5
Bullfinch-7 (3 female, 2 male, 2 juv)
Greenfinch- 8
Goldfinch- 20
Robin- 3
Dunnock- 1
Wren- 1

Middle Wood Feeders
AM


Jay- 1
Willow Tit- 1
Treecreeper- 1
Bullfinch- 2
Robin- 2

Other Birds Noted Around Site
AM

Goldfinch (Lagoon Meadow) - 60+
Kestrel (Wader Lake Footpath)- 1 male
Long Tailed Tit (Wader Lake Footpath)-8
Common Whitethroat (Wader Lake Footpath)- 1


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