Wildlife Sightings - 14/06/22
Weather: Overcast
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid
Avocet - 40 (11 chicks)
Oystercatcher - 8 (5 chicks)
Canada Goose - 8 (6 chicks)
Shelduck - 34 (25 chicks)
Common Tern - 163 (1 chick)
Grey Heron - 23
Swallow - 2
Black-headed Gull - 60
Tufted Duck - 7
Shoveler - 3
Mallard - 1
Lapwing - 6 (4 chicks)
Redshank - 1
Gadwall - 28
Teal - 2
Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Low
Shoveler - 1 male
Oystercatcher - 1
Moorhen - 1
Hawthorn Wood
Bullfinch - 6 (4 male, 2 female)
Greenfinch - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 (1 male, 1 female, 2 juvenile)
Chaffinch - 4
Dunnock - 1
Blue Tit - 5
Great Tit - 4
Robin - 1
Other Bird Species Noted Around Site
Sedge Warbler (Wader Lake footpath) - 1
Reed Warbler (Wader Lake footpath) - 1
Greenfinch (Lagoon footpath) - 2
Grey Heron (River Wear) - 2 (2 juvenile)
Mute Swan (River Wear) - 1
Blackcap (Spring Gill Wood) - 3 (3 juvenile)