Wildlife Sightings - 12/05/2020
Weather: Overcast
Wind speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake - AM - Low water level
Avocet 36
Lapwing 18
Oystercatcher 3
Redshank 5
Curlew 1
Little ringed plover 1
Common tern 35
Black headed gull 44
Herring gull 2
Lesser black backed gull 1
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 2
Grey wagtail 1
Gadwall 6 (5 male, 1 female)
Hawthorn Wood
Jay 1
Great spotted woodpecker 1 (male)
Nuthatch 1
Bullfinch 3
Other birds noted around site
Mute swan (Round Table Ponds) 1
Tawny owl (Hawthorn Wood) 3 chicks (1 in nest box, 2 in trees)
Common whitethroat (Wader Lake footpath) 3
Reed warbler (Round Table Ponds) 3
Sedge Warbler (Round Table Ponds) 2
Mute swan (Round Table Ponds) 2
Other wildlife species around site
Mammals:
Grey seal on River Wear
