Wildlife Sightings - 31/07/21

Weather: Grey/Drizzle

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: Mid/Low


Wader Lake

am/mid (water level)

Avocet- 11

Oystercatcher- 2

Lapwing- 300+

Redshank- 28

Black Tailed Godwit- 1

Curlew- 19

Common Tern- 12 (2 chicks)

Teal- 2

Lesser Black Backed Gull- 1


Hawthorn Wood

Greenfinch- 1

Bullfinch- 2

Nuthatch- 1

Long Tailed Tit- 2

Blue Tit- 6

Coal Tit- 2

Great Tit- 10


Lookout feeding station

Great Spotted Woodpecker- 1 juvenile

Greenfinch- 1 male

Bullfinch- 3

Coal Tit- 1

Great Tit- 2

Robin- 1 juvenile


Other birds noted around site

Buzzard- 1 (East of site)

Jay- 1 (Slick Gill hedgerow)

Goldfinch- 20 (Amphibian Ponds)

Reed Bunting- 1 (Amphibian Ponds)

Cormorant- 1 (River Wear)

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