Wildlife Sightings - 03/01/2022

Weather: sunny

Wind speed: light

River Wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Shoveler - 12

Shelduck - 23

Tufted duck - 5

Teal - 2

Mute swan - 3

Grey heron - 1

Lapwing - 2

Herring Gull - 17

Black - headed Gull - 38

Great - black -backed Gull - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Long - tailed tits - 7

Siskin - 22

Mistle Thrush - 2 ( Wader Meadow)

Towny owl - 2 ( Hawthorn wood )

Goldcrest - 2 ( South wood)

Cormorant - 2 ( River wear)

Hawthorn wood:

Coal tits - 5

Bullfinch - 4

Jay - 2

Blackbird - 2

Great - spotted woodpecker - 1

Chaffinch - 14

Lookout feeding station:

Willow tit - 1

Dunnock - 1

Robin - 1

Blue tit - 4

Great tit - 5

Bullffinch - 1



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