Wildlife Sightings - 30/06/2023
Weather: overcast
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader Lake:
Avocet - 42
Common - 48 + 37 chicks
Black-headed Gulls - 112 + 8 chicks
Shelduck - 3
Oystercatcher - 3
Tufted duck - 4 + 21 ducklings
Lapwing - 139
Grey Heron - 13
Teal - 3
Redshank - 4
Gadwall - 1
Lesser black-backed Gull 1
Hawthorn wood:
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1 juvenile
Great tit - 3 + 2 juvenile
Blue tit - 2 + 2 juvenile
Bullfinch - 2 + 2 juvenile
Chaffinch - 3 + 2 + 2 juvenile
Dunnock - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Magpie - 1
Wood pigeon - 1
Stock Dove - 2
Other birds noted around site:
Black-headed Gull - 6 (River wear)
Herring Gull - 14 (River wear)
Lesser black-backed Gull - 3 (River wear)
Blackcap - 1 (Insect Garden)
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1 (The Lookout)
Robin - 1 (The Lookout)
Great tit - 2 (The Lookout)
Bullfinch - 2 + 1 juvenile (The Lookout)
Greenfinch - 1 (The Lookout)
Tufted duck - 6 +1 duckling (Reservoir)
Chiffchaff - 1 (Singing) (Spring gill wood)
Other Wildlife species noted on site:
Mammals:
Bank Vole - 1 (East Downs)
Roe Deer - 1 (Hidden Meadow)
