Sightings - Washington
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/High Tide/AM Greylag - 42 Shelduck - 12 Teal - 36 Redshank - 49 Curlew - 5 Grey Heron - 8 River Wear Grey Heron - 6 Other Birds Siskin - Dragonfly Pond - 15 Waxwing - Flew south over site - 20 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 Nuthatch
5 January 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/High Tide/AM Greylag - 27 Redshank - 105 Grey Heron - 12 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 66 Tufted Duck - 8 Mallard - 45 River Wear Coot - 4 Mute Swan - 2 Grey Wagtail - 1 Other Birds Jay - Site Count - 6 Mistle Thrush - Hunters Creek - 1 Krestrel - Carpa
4 January 2013
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Greylag - 65 Curlew - 30 Redshank - 95 Grey Heron - 6 Shelduck - 16 RIVER/AM/HIGH TIDE Cormorant - 2 Goosander - 1 Grey Heron - 2 Great Black-Backed Gull - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM Siskin (Wader Lake Footpath) - 18 Lesser Red
3 January 2013
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM Shelduck - 12 Teal - 92 Mallard - 67 Heron - 1 Greylag - 61 Lesser Black-Backed Gull - 10 Curlew - 1 Lapwing - 2 RIVER/AM Goosander - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM Blackbird (site count) - 16 Robin (site count) - 4 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM
1 January 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Low Tide/Time - AM Shelduck - 10 Teal - 62 Mallard - 51 Gadwall - 2 Moorhen - 6 Coot - 2 Grey Heron - 4 River Wear Grey Heron - 3 Redshank - 19 Black Headed Gull - 111 Other Birds Greylag - Reservoir - 2 Shelduck - Reservoir - 4 Woodpigeon - O
30 December 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Low Tide/ Time - AM Shelduck - 15 Teal - 63 Mallard - 36 Gadwall - 2 Grey Heron - 6 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 15 Other Birds Waxwing - Close Encounters - 30 Kestrel - Spring Gill - 1 Great Black Backed Gull - River - 1 Coot - River - 2 Jay - Carp
28 December 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - Time Am Shelduck - 7 Teal - 26 Redshank - 62 Grey Heron - 4 Other Birds Tufted Duck - River Wear - 12 Coot - River Wear - 4 Gadwall - Reservoir - 2 Tufted Duck - Reservoir - 23 Hawthorn Wood Reed Bunting - 1 Bullfinch - 5 Nuthatch - 1 Willo
18 December 2012
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Teal - 56 Shelduck - 4 Mallard - 31 Grey Heron - 2 Tufted Duck - 4 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Nuthatch (just outside of hide calling to each other)- 2 Bullfinch - 4 Pheasants - 24 Blue Tit - 6 Coal Tit - 4
16 December 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Low Tide Shelduck - 5 Teal - 27 Coot - 2 Mallard - 14 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 4 Tufted Duck - 12 Grey Heron - 4 Other Birds Wader Lake Footpath: Waxwing - 8 Redwing - 1 Robin - 2 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker -
15 December 2012
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE/25% FROZEN Shelduck - 5 Teal - 34 Mallard - 22 Herring Gull - 25 Lesser Black-Backed Gull - 4 Black Headed Gull - 26 Redshank - 5 Grey Heron - 4 Sparrowhawk - 1 SALINE LAGOON/100% FROZEN HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Great Spotted
11 December 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake 100% frozen Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon 100% frozen Other Birds Siskin - Dragonfly Pond - 52 Mallard - River Wear - 121 Tufted Duck - River Wear - 26 Great Spotted Woodpecker - Carpark - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 14 Nuthatch - 1 Willow Tit
8 December 2012
Flock of siskin and a lone bittern
A fabulously festive flock of fifty siskin were spotted congregating fleetingly down at the amphibian ponds this morning. Flippin’ fantastic! Also, I’ve been told that a beautiful bittern flew west over Top Meadow yesterday. We had a male in our river
8 December 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake & Saline Lagoon Frozen Siskin - Play Area - 45 Cormorant - Site Count - 2 Treecreeper - Pond Zone - 1 Mallard - River Wear - 50 Teal - River Wear Cormorant - River Wear Heron - River Wear Hawthorn Wood Numerous Coal Tit, Blue Tit and G
7 December 2012
Todays Sightings 6/12/12
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High 100% Frozen Lapwing - 46 Black-headed Gull - 119 Hawthorn Wood Greater Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Long Tailed Tit - 10 Robin - 5 Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Bullfinch Chaffinc
6 December 2012
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/MID TIDE/ 100% FROZEN Moorhen - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Nuthatch - 1 Bullfinch - 3 Coal Tit - 7 Blue Tit - 7 Blue Tit - 6 Great Tit - 3 Robin - 3 OTHER BIRDS/AM Goosander (Window on the Wear) - 1 Grey Heron (Window on the Wear) - 2
3 December 2012