Wildlife Sightings - 24/03/2024
Weather: Sunny
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake Species
Greylag Goose - 5
Canada Goose - 26
Mute Swan - 2
Shelduck - 19 (1 female colour-ringed yellow/red)
Shoveler - 6
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 2
Black-headed Gull - 114
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Avocet - 14 (1 colour-ringed orange & 1 colour ringed blue)
Herring Gull - 31
Canada & Greylag hybrid - 2
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Sparrowhawk - 1 male
Siskin - 4
Bullfinch - 1 male
Greenfinch - 1 female
Chaffinch - 3
Robin - 1
Coal Tit - 1
Blue Tit - 5
Great Tit - 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 female
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Tufted Duck (River Wear) - 5
Coot (reservoir) - 2
Tawny Owl (Hawthorn Wood roost) - 2
Willow Tit (Hawthorn Wood) - 1 ringed red/yellow
Reed Bunting (Amphibian Ponds) - 1 female
Reed Bunting (Wader Lake footpath) - 1 male
Nuthatch (Hawthorn Wood) - 1 heard
Jay (The Lookout) - 1
Kestrel (Wader Lake footpath) - 1
Grey Heron (filter reedbed) - 1 juvenile
Carrion Crow (Hollowood) - 2
Treecreeper (The Lookout) - 1 heard
