Wildlife Sightings - 21/06/2024
Weather - Sunny / Hot
River Wear Tide Level - Low
Wader Lake Species
Shelduck ( 3 broods ) - 12 + 28 Chicks
Avocet -= 12
Pied Wagtail - 1
Sand Martin - 15
Oystercatcher - 6
Shoveler - 1(M) 1 (F)
Canada Goose - (2 broods) - 3 + 5 chicks
Common Turn - 72
Black-Headed Gull - 88 + 23 chicks
Gadwall -, 6 (F) 4 (M)
Teal - 2 (F)
Tufted Duck - 3(F) 2(M)
Greylag Goose ( 1 brood) - 3 + 4 chicks
Swallow - 1
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Nuthatch - 1
Willow Tit (red over green ring) - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1(F)
Bullfinch - 1 (F) 1 (J)
Great Tit - 5 + 3 (J)
Chaffinch - 2 (F) 1 (M)
Blue Tit - 3 + 3(J)
Stock Dove - 2
Goldfinch - 7
Dunnock - 1
Reed Bunting - 1(M)
Bird Species Around Sight
Grey Heron - Heron Hegde - 6
Black Cap - Wader Lake Footpath - 1 (F)
Redshank - River Wear - 2
Shelduck - River Wear - 2
Tufted Duck - River Wear - 2
Mute Swan - River Wear - 2
Canada Goose - River Wear - 2
Black-Headed Gull - River Wear - 25
Herring Gull - River Wear - 14
Lesser Black-Headed Gull - River Wear - 1
Grey Heron - River Wear - 1
Grey Heron - River Reedbed - 1
Swift - Visitor Centre - 2
Common Buzzard - Visitor Centre
Jay - Centre Feeders
Invertebrates
Common Blue Buttterfly
Azure Damselfly
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Speckle Wood Honeybee
Flora / Fungi
Ragwort
Cuckoo Flower
Northern Marsh Orchid - Forgotten Meadow
Spotted Orchid - Forgotten Meadow
Bee Orchid - Forgotten Meadow
Cow Parsley
Elder
Meadow's Crane Bill
Scarlet Pimpernel
