Wildlife Sightings - 03/03/2025
Weather : overcast
River Wear Level: Low
Wader Lake Species Am
Grey Heron ( developing) - 25 + 16 nests (nest building - new nest being take up, left sub-colony)
Teal - 54
Tufted Duck - 12
Lapwing 19 (displaying and scraping behavior on the meadow)
Shelduck - 41
Canada Goose - 29
Shoveler - 3
Oystercatcher - ( 1 scraping on the meadow) - 4 (2pairs)
Graylag goose - 4
Black Headed Gull - 88
Herring Gull - 86
Iceland Gull - 1
Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station
Bullfinch - 5
Nuthatch - 1
Chaffinch - 7
Long-Tailed Tit - 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2 calling
Great Tit - 5
Blue Tit - 3
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Grey Heron - 2 (Top Meadow hedge)
Goldfinch - 5 (Amphibian ponds)
Greenfinch - 1 calling (Wader Lake Hedge)
Dunnock - 1 (Wader Lake Footpath)
Robin (robin displaying to each other) - 3 (Wader Lake Footpath)
Black birds - 5 (Wader Lake Footpath)
Song Thrush - 2 (Wader Lake Footpath)
Goldfinch - 2 (Wader Lake Footpath)
Blue Tit (investigating nest box-Diageo hide) - 2 (Wader Lake Footpath)
