Wildlife Sightings - 02/06/23
Weather: Sunny
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake Species
Avocet - 36
Oystercatcher - 4 & 3 chicks
Lapwing - 6
Redshank - 1
Black-headed Gull - 107
Common Tern - 212
Gadwall - 6
Teal - 1 male
Shoveler - 3
Shelduck - 11 (2 broods 6 & 5 ducklings)
Tufted Duck - 3
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male
Nuthatch - 1
Goldfinch - 4
Greenfinch - 3
Bullfinch - 4 (2 male, 1 female & 1 juvenile)
Coal Tit - 2
Great Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 3
Stock Dove - 1
Mallard - 5
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Kestrel (Wader Lake path) - 1 male
Sparrowhawk (North Wood) - 1
Common Buzzard (high over site) - 1
Herring Gull (River Wear) - 32
Lesser Black-backed Gull (River Wear) - 4
Shelduck (Saline Lagoon) - 4
Little Egret (Saline Lagoon) - 1
Grey Heron (Wader Lake) - 34 (14 adults & 20 juvenile)
Swallow (over Wader Lake)
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates;
Speckled Wood
Flora/Fungi;
Common Stinkhorn (Hollowood)
Agnut (Old Oak Meadow)
