Wildlife Sightings - 08/11/21
Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Low
River Wear Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: High
Shelduck - 8
Teal - 34
Lapwing - 42
Black-headed Gull - 82
Herring Gull - 1
Moorhen - 6
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Mid
Herring Gull - 1
Teal - 4
Moorhen - 2
Water Rail - 1
Snipe - 1
Hawthorn Wood
Willow Tit - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 5 (3 male & 2 female)
Coal Tit - 2
Magpie - 4
Great Tit - 7
Chaffinch - 8
Lookout Feeding Station
Greenfinch - 1
Bullfinch - 6 (3 male & 3 female)
Dunnock - 1
Robin - 1
Chaffinch - 4
Blue Tit - 4
Other Birds Noted Around Site
Goldfinch (Wader Lake footpath) - 7
Blackbird (Wader Lake footpath) - 3
Dunnock (Northumbrian Water hide) - 1
Grey Heron (River Wear) - 1
Redshank (River Wear) - 2
Buzzard (Heron Hedge) - 1
Redwing (Old Oak Meadow) - 20+
Mistle Thrush (Old Oak Meadow) - 1
Other Wildlife Species Around Site
Flora/Fungi;
Turkey Tail (North Wood) - 10
Candlesnuff (Hawthorn Wood) - 20
