Wildlife Sightings 08/06/2023
Weather: Cloudy
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake Species
Shelduck - 47 + 7 ducklings
Avocet - 36
Shoveler - 9 + 1 duckling
Tufted Duck - 11
Black-headed Gull - 87 + 8 chicks
Common Tern - 112
Oystercatcher (2 broods, 1 x 2, 1 x 3 chicks) - 4 + 5 chicks
Lapwing - 5
Gadwall - 10
Greylag Goose - 7 + 4 goslings
Grey Heron - 13
Canada Goose - 4
Teal - 2
Common Snipe - 1
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Willow tit - 1
Goldfinch - 3 + 1 juv.
Robin - 2
G.S.Woodpecker - 3 m
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 2 m, 2 f
Stock Dove - 2
Blue tit - 1
Great tit - 2
River Wear
Grey Heron (flying over) - 1
Herring Gull - 22
Black-headed Gull - 56
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3
Saline Lagoon
Lapwing - 5
Shoveler - 1
Shelduck - 5
Reservoir
Tufted Duck - 22
South Wood
Blackcap - 1 (heard)
Corner Meadow
Blackcap - 1 m
