Weather: Rain and sun
River wear tide level: high
A.M
Wader lake:
Mute swan - 1
Wigeon - 6
Oystercatcher - 2
Shelduck - 42
Black-headed Gull - 223
Avocet - 27
Gadwall - 9
Redshank - 29
Grey Heron - 28
Shoveler - 1
Lapwing - 12
Canada +Greylag Goose - 2
Hawthorn wood:
Tree Sparrows - 2
Reed Bunting - 1
Great tit - 6
Greenfinch - 3
Blue tit - 8
Siskin ( Singing)
Stock dove - 4
Coal tit - 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Other birds noted around site:
Whopper Swans - 50 (Flying over site)
Kestrel - 2 (a Pair) (Old oak meadow)
Goosadnder - 1 (Wader lake footpath)
Teal - 19 (Saline lagoon)
Avocet - 1 (Saline lagoon)
Shelduck - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Curlew - 7 (Saline lagoon)
Teal - 2 (River wear)
Mallard - 2 (River wear)
Shelduck - 5 (River wear)
Chaffinch - 2 (The Lookout)
Dunnock - 1 (The Lookout)
Kestrel (Top meadow)
Willow tit (Wader lake footpath)
