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Wildlife Sightings - 10/03/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 10/03/2020

Weather: Overcast
Wind Speed: Gusty
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake
AM
Water Level: High

Grey Heron- 34
Lesser Black-Backed Gull- 4
Lapwing- 33
Shelduck- 53
Teal- 25
Stock Dove- 1
Mute Swan- 2
Canada Goose- 33
Shoveler- Pair
Curlew- 2
Greylag- 5

Saline Lagoon
AM
Tide Level- Low


Oystercatcher- 2
Kestrel- 1 (male)
Stock Dove- 2
Teal- 9

Hawthorn Wood
AM


Nuthatch- 1
Sparrowhawk- 1 (juvenille)
Treecreeper- 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
Reed Bunting- 1 (male)
Long Tailed Tit- 7
Chaffinch- 14
Coal Tit- 5

Other Birds Noted Around Site
AM

Buzzard (Spring Gill Wood)- 1
Little Grebe (Window on the Wear)- 1
Mute Swan (River View Point)- 2
Gadwall (Wader Lake)- 1 male
Gadwall (Reservoir)- 2 male
Goldcrest (Wader Lake Footpath)- 2

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