Wildlife Sightings - 26/02/2024
Weather: overcast / Rain
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake Species
Mute Swan - 2
Avocet - 1
Grey Heron - 28
Shelduck - 24
Tufted Duck - 10
Widgeon - 4
Mallard - 34
Canada Goose - 15
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 97
Shoveler - 3
Starlag - 6 (Meadow)
Herring Gull - 76
Black-headed Gull - 18
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Blue tit - 12
Great tit - 10
Goldfinch - 2
Willow tit - 1
Blackbird - 2
Chaffinch - 8
Siskin - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Coal tit - 4
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Long-tailed Tit - 4 (Centre Feeder)
Reed Bunting - 1 (Amphibian ponds)
Song Thrush - 2 (Dragonfly ponds)
Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)
Redshank - 5 (River Wear)
Sparrowhawk - 1 (Wader lake path)
Jay - 2 (Gully)
Nuthatch - 1 (Middle wood)
Gadwall - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Goldcrest - 2 (South wood)
Buzzard - 1 (Heron Hedge)
