Wildlife Sightings 19/06/2023
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Black-headed gull 70
Med x black-headed gull 1
Shelduck 17 + 7 ducklings
Gadwall 2 + 12 ducklings
Avocet 31
Common tern 48 + 15 chicks
Tufted duck 4 + 9 ducklings
Canada goose 5
Oystercatcher 1 + 1 chick
Grey heron 14
Common gull 6
Lapwing 2
Hawthorn Wood
Bullfinch 5
Robin 1
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Blue tit 2
Great tit 3
Greenfinch 2
Chaffinch 2
Reed bunting 1
Goldfinch 3
Other birds around site
Little ringed plover - 1- Wader Lake
Grey heron - 2 - Saline lagoon
Herring gull - 23 - River Wear
Kestrel - 2 chicks - Saline lagoon
Tufted duck - reservoir
Candad goose- 1 - reservoir
Greylag goose -1 - reservoir
Canada goose x greylag hybrid - 4 goslings - reservoir
Blackcap - 1 - South wood
Mammals
European otter - seen from window on the Wear
