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Wildlife Sightings 30/3/25

Weather : Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Low

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Greylag goose

19

Canada goose

27

Shelduck

31

Avocet

4

Shoveller

4f, 9m

Grey Heron

20, 1 chick

Black tailed godwit

8

Gadwall

3m 1 f

Tufted duck

6

Black-headed gull

114

Lesser black-backed gull

2

Herring gull

57

Canada x greylag goose

1

Oystercatcher*suspected nesting*

2

Teal

2

Lapwing*displaying, chasing off pair of crows*

26

Starling*on meadow*

1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Goldfinch

4

Bullfinch

3

Greenfinch

1

Coal tit

2

Nuthatch

1 heard

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Great spotted woodpecker

Middle wood

1 drumming

Cormorant

River Wear

1

Oystercatcher

Saline Lagoon

2

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

1

Redshank

Saline Lagoon

1

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Hares (Chasing each other around) - Hidden Meadow -3

Comma Butterfly - Across Site- 2

Small Tortoiseshell @ Northumbrian Water Hide

Peacock Butterfly - Across Site -2

Ground Ivy at The Gully

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