Wildlife Sightings - 17/03/2023
Weather: clear,sunny
River wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader Lake:
Shelduck - 35
Oystercatcher - 4
Grey Heron - 28
Mute Swan - 3
Lapwing - 15
Black-headed Gull - 230
Avocet - 24
Wigeon - 2
Canada Goose - 9
Canada +Greylag Goose - 1
Herring Gull - 32
Gadwall - 2
Hawthorn wood:
Coal tit - 1
Blue tit - 3
Moorhen - 2
Mallard - 2
Dunnock - 1
Great tit - 2
Chaffinch - 1
Bullfinch - 1
Robin - 1
Reed bunting - 2 (a pair)
Other birds noted on site:
Grey Heron - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
Mute swan - 2 (River wear)
Golden eye - 2 (River wear)
Cormorant - 1 (River wear)
Greylag Goose - 2 (River wear)
Grey Partridge - 2 (Wader lake footpath)
Curlew - 20 (Saline Lagoon)
Teal - 17 (Saline lagoon)
Oystercatcher - 2 (Saline lagoon)
Avocet - 1 (Saline lagoon)
Shelduck - 2 (Saline lagoon)
Tufted duck - 5 (Reservoir)
Other Wildlife Species spotted around site:
Flora / Fungi:
Daffodils
Coltsfoot (Across site)
