Wildlife Sightings - 23/04/2020
Weather: Sunny 9°C
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake - AM - MID water level
Avocet 37
Oystercatcher 4
Lapwing 18
Redshank 2
Black tailed godwit 3
Grey heron 27 adults + 21 chicks
Shelduck 14
Shoveler 6
Gadwall 2
Swallow 4
Sand martin 2
Black headed gull 21
Herring gull 23
Lesser black backed gull 4
Saline Lagoon
Common snipe 5
Oystercatcher 1
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Nuthatch 1
Reed bunting 2 (males)
Blackbird 1 (female)
Wren 1
Willow tit 2
Long tailed tit 2
Coal tit 3
Bullfinch 5
Chaffinch 8
Goldfinch 1
Other birds noted around site
Tufted duck (Reseroir) 22
Greylag (Reservoir) 7 adults + 7 goslings
Canada goose (Reservoir) 1
Sedge warbler (filter reedbed) 1
Common whitethroat (Wader lake footpath) 1
