Wildlife Sightings - 17/02/2024
Weather: overcast
River Wear Tide Level: high
Wader Lake Species
Grey Heron - 33
Canada Goose - 16
Gadwall - 5
Shelduck - 5
Tufted Duck - 3
Redshank - 37
Avocet - 3
Lapwing - 43
Oystercatcher - 5
Black-headed Gull - 26
Herring Gull - 2
Buzzard - 1 (in heron hedge)
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
G. S. Woodpecker - 1
Blue Tit - 8
Great tit - 6
coal tit - 2
Long-tailed Tit - 3
Robin - 1
Bullfinch - 5
Chaffinch - 5
Dunnock - 1
Willow tit - 2
Wren - 1
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Tufted Duck - 21 (River Wear)
Teal - 7 (River Wear)
Mallard - 8 (River Wear)
Moorhen - 3 (River Wear)
Reed Bunting - 2 (Amphibian ponds)
Little Egret - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Teal - 6 (Saline Lagoon)
Shelduck - 2 (Saline lagoon)
Kestrel - 1(Dragonfly pond)
Wren - 2 (Wader lake footpath)
Robin - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
Black bird - 5 (Wader lake footpath)
Grey Heron - 3 (Wader lake meadow)
Shelduck - 20 (Wader lake meadow)
Lapwing - 39 (Wader lake Meadow)
Canada Goose - 1 (Wader lake Meadow)