Wildlife Sightings - 16/05/2020
Weather: Sunny
Wind speed: Strong breeze
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake - AM - Low water level
Avocet 44
Lapwing 13
Redshank 4
Oystercatcher 2
Curlew 1
Common tern 43
Black headed gull 80 (28 second summer)
Herring gull 1 (second summer)
Lesser black backed gull 1 adult
Grey heron 49 (16 adults + 33 juveniles/chicks)
Jackdaw 20
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 2
Lapwing 1
Redshank 1
Grey heron 2 (1 adult + 1 juvenile)
Black headed gull 9
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Nuthatch 1
Treecreeper 1
Willow tit 1
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 2
Bullfinch 5
Stock dove 1
Jay 1
Other birds noted around site
Grey heron (River Wear) 5 (4 adults + 1 juvenile)
Common sandpiper (River Wear) 1
Oystercatcher (River Wear) 2
Swift (high over site) 6
Swallow (Stream Channel) 2
Sand martin (River Wear) 4
Other wildlife species around site
Flora / Fungi:
Yellow rattle
Yellow flag iris
Ragged robin
Pignut (Old Oak Meadow)
