Wildlife Sightings - 17/08/2022
Weather: Bright / Sunny
River Wear tide level: High
A.M
Wader lake:
Black tailed Gadwit - 13
Red Shank - 26
Oystercatcher - 2
Lesser black backed Gull - 2
Avocet - 11
Swallow - 3
Common Tern - 38
Lapwing - 85
Dunin - 1
Curlew - 21
Black-headed Gull - 50
Teal - 3
Saline Lagoon:
Curlew - 1
Mallard - 23
Lapwing - 26
Other Birds Spotted around site:
Wood Pigeon - 2 (North wood)
Goldfinch - 10 (Hidden Meadow)
Common Tern - 1 (River Wear)
Herring Gull - 52 (River Wear)
Grey Heron - 1 (River Wear)
Blackcap - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
Long-tailed Tit - 4 (Wader lake footpath)
Hawthorn Wood:
Great-Spotted Woodpecker - 1+1
Bullfinch - 3
Goldfinch - 1
Greenfinch - 3
Nuthatch - 1
Coal Tit - 2
Lookout feeding station:
Chaffinch - 3
Blue Tit - 2
Great Tit - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Phesant - 1
Other Wildlife Species Noted around site:
Invertebrates:
Common Douter (Several) (ovipositoming) (Amphibian pond)
Meadow Brown - 1 (Inner Circle)
