Wildlife Sightings - 13/07/2023
Weather: bright skies / sunny
River wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader lake:
Avocet - 47
Black-headed Gull - 79 +27 juvenile
Shelduck - 3 +12 juvenile
Common Tern - 22 + 1 chick + 3 juvenile
Lapwing - 28
Teal - 11
Grey Heron - 13
Redshank - 7
Oystercatcher - 3
Common Gull - 2
Hawthorn wood:
Goldfinch - 3
Greenfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 5
Bullfinch - 2
Willow tit - 1
Robin - 2 + 1 juvenile
Dunnock - 1
Coal tit - 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Great tit - 4
Other birds noted around site:
Kestrel - 1 (Corner Meadow)
Sedge Warbler - 1 (Amphibian pond)
Redshank - 6 (River wear)
Common Tern - 1 (River wear)
Cormorant - 1 (River wear)
Curlew - 1
Shelduck - 1 (River wear)
Black-headed Gull - 7 (River wear)
Lesser black-backed Gull - 1 (River wear)
Herring Gull - 13 (River wear)
Lapwing - 14 (Saline Lagoon)
Grey Heron - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Black-headed Gull - 5 (Saline Lagoon)
Avocet - 3 (Saline Lagoon)
Buzzard - 1 (Forgotten Meadow)
Tufted Duck - 9 + 6 Ducklings (Reservoir)
