Wildlife Sightings -9/7/2022
Weather: Bright/ Sunny
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake Species
Little Ringed Plover - 2
Common tern - 82 + 17 chicks
Avocet (2 nests) - 41 + 11 juv.
Lapwing - 7 + 4 juv
Shelduck - 2 + 22 juv
Teal - 4
Tufted Duck - 2 + 6 chicks
Grey Heron - 1 + 5 juv
Mallard (5 broods) - 5 + 25 ducklings
Red shank - 20 + 1juv
Black-headed gull - 141 + 66 juv
Oystercatcher - 2 + 1 juv
Black tailed godwit - 4
Curlew - 2.
Saline Lagoon Species
Lapwing - 30
Grey Heron - 1 juv
Red shank - 18
Oystercatcher - 2
Sedge Warbler - 2
Hawthorn Wood Species
Greenfinch - 2
Dunnock - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1(m)
Nuthatch - 1
Willow tit - 1
Other Bird Species Noted
Blackcap - Pen 1 - 2
Mistle Thrush - Stream channel - 1
Cormorant - River Wear - 1
Shelduck - River Wear (young ducklings) - 2 + 7 ducklings
