Wildlife Sightings 29-1-22
Weather: Gales
Wind Speed: Extremely High
River Wear Tide Level: Low-Mid
Wader Lake
Grey Heron - 20
Little Grebe - 1
Shelduck - 46
Curlew - 1
Lapwing - 10
Herring Gull - 47
Black-headed Gull - 68
Shoveler (3m,1f,1 1st year m) - 5
Tufted duck (2m,4f) - 6
Teal - 75
Wigeon (f) - 1
Mute Swan - 2
Saline Lagoon
Red shank - 1
Teal - 12
Hawthorn Wood
Goldfinch - 1
Greenfinch - 1
G.S. Woodpecker - 1(f)
Bullfinch - 4
Robin - 1
Lookout Feeding Station
Greenfinch - 1
Bullfinch (4m,2f) - 6
Treecreeper - 1
Robin - 1
Long tailed tit - 4
Chaffinch (1m,1f) - 2
Other birds noted around site
Little Grebe River Wear - 2
Cormorant River Wear - 1
Gooseander River Wear - 2(m)
Kestrel Wader Lake Footpath - 1(m)
Kestrel Inner Circle (Stream Channel) - 1(m)
Buzzard Hawthorn Wood - 1
Sparrowhawk North Wood - 1
Mammals
Grey Squirrel Middle Wood - 1
Flora/Fungi
Sulphur Tuft - 5 @The Gully
Glistening Inkcap - 30@Hawthorn Wood Hide
Snowdrops over site