Wildlife Sightings 8/05/2023
Weather: Raining
River Wear Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake Species
Shelduck - 39
Tufted Duck - 23
Avocet - 31
Canada Goose - 22
Black-headed Gull - 26
Common Tern - 7
Oystercatcher - 2
Grey Heron - 18
Swallow - aprox 10
Gadwall - 2
Lapwing - 9
Redshank - 2
Greylag - (10 ad. + 5 goslings) - 15
Shoveler - 1
Common Sandpiper - 1
Sand martin - 1
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Dunnock - 2
Robin - 2
Reed Bunting - 1
G.S.Woodpecker - 1
Chaffinch - 1
Bullfinch - 5
Blue tit - 3
Great tit - 2
River Wear
Shelduck - 11
Tufted Duck - 6
Black-headed Gull - 4
Lesser black-backed Gull - 2
Saline Lagoon
Grey Heron - 1
Oystercatcher - 1
Tufted Duck - 2
Shelduck - 3
Avocet - 1
Wader Lake Footpath
Goldfinch - 3
Willow tit - 1 (heard)
Filter Reedbed
Grey heron - 1
