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Wildlife Sightings 02/10/19

Wildlife Sightings 02/10/19

Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Low
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid/low

Shoveler - 5 (3 male & 2 female)
Curlew - 4
Lapwing - 2
Black-headed Gull - 78
Black-tailed Godwit - 1
Teal - 9
Shelduck - 2
Mute Swan - 1


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Mid

Kingfisher - 1
Greylag - 1
Grey Heron - 1
Redshank - 1
Teal - 12


Hawthorn Wood

Blue Tit - 5
Great Tit - 2
Nuthatch - 1
Coal Tit - 2
Bullfinch - 7 (3 male & 4 female)
Chaffinch - 4
Goldfinch - 3 (1 juvenile)
Robin - 1
House Sparrow - 1
Willow Tit - 1
Dunnock - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 female


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Kestrel (male - flew over dragonfly ponds)

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