Wildlife Sightings - 30/06/21

Weather: Grey, drizzle
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Low

Avocet - 16
Common Tern - 59 & 22 chicks
Black-headed Gull - 159 & 14 chicks
Mediterranean Gull - 1
Lapwing - 12
Redshank - 3 juvenile
Oystercatcher - 4 & 3 young
Grey Heron - 4 & 1 juvenile
Shelduck - 20 & 9 ducklings
Teal - 2 (1 male & 1 female)
Swallow - 6
Sand Martin - 5


Saline Lagoon

Black-headed Gull - 2
Mallard - 5
Grey Heron - 1 juvenile


Hawthorn Wood

Greenfinch - 3 (1 male & 2 female)
Bullfinch - 4 (3 male & 1 female)
Great Tit - 2 & 3 fledglings
Blue Tit - 1 & 1 fledgling
Chaffinch - 4 (2 male & 2 female)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1


Lookout Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 1 male
Chaffinch - 2 (1 male & 1 female)
Great Tit - 2 & 3 fledglings
Coal Tit - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Robin - 3 & 2 fledglings


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Song Thrush (North Wood) - 1
Mute Swan (River Wear) - 1 & 2 cygnets


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Flora/Fungi;

Honeysuckle
Elderflower











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