Wildlife Sightings - 09/10/2021
Wind speed: low
River wear tide level:mid
A.M
Wader lake:
Grey Heron - 1
Moorhen - 11
Teal - 66
Shoveler - 1
Lapwing - 40
Bullfinch - 3
Black-headed Gull - 1
Saline lagoon:
Grey Heron - 1
Black-headed Gull - 7
Teal - 23
Other birds noted around site:
Mistle Thrush - 3 ( flew south over play area)
Grey Wagtail - 1
Jay - 1 (Hollowood)
Chiffchaff - 1 (Hollowood)
Long-tailed tit - 6 (Hollowood)
Willow tit - 1 (Filter reed bed)
Mute swan - 1 (flying) (River wear)
Cormorant - 1 (flying) (River wear)
Hawthorn wood:
Tree creeper - 1
Willow tit - 1
Robin - 2
Stock Dove - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Dunnock - 1
Bullfinch - 4
Chaffinch - 3
Lookout feeding station:
Nuthatch - 1
Great spotted woodpecker - 2
Bullfinch - 8
Wren - 1
Robin - 3
Dunnock - 3
Other wildlife species around site:
Mammals:
Grey Squirrel (middle wood)
Flora / Fungi:
Pleated Inkcap - 3 ( Filter reed bed)
Sulphur Tuft fungus - 5 ( Hawthorn wood)
Shaggy Inkcap - 30
