Wildlife Sightings - 19/07/2023
River wear tide level: low
A.M
Wader lake:
Avocet - 42
Shelduck - 2 + 13 chicks
Black-headed Gull - 83 +17 chicks
Common Tern - 8 + 2 chicks
Common Gull - 1
Dunlin - 4
Lapwing - 202
Oystercatcher - 1
Ruff - 3
Curlew - 1
Redshank - 1
Teal - 5
Hawthorn wood:
Nuthatch - 1
Stock Dove - 1
Robin - 2
Chaffinch - 7
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Great tit - 4
Blue tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Bullfinch - 1
Sparrow Hawk
Other bird Species spotted on site:
Wood pigeon - 3 (River wear)
Lapwing - 1 (River wear)
Herring Gull - 14 (River wear)
Lesser black-backed Gull - 3 (River wear)
Black-headed Gull - 1 +1 (River wear)
Lapwing - 32 (Saline Lagoon)
Black-headed Gull - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Shelduck - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Mallard - 3 (Saline Lagoon)
Goldfinch - 1 (The Lookout)
Bullfinch - 1 (The Lookout)
Great tit - 3 (The Lookout)
Other Wildlife species noted around grounds:
Flora / Fungi:
Queen Anne's Lace
Nettle Leaved Bellflower (Wader Lake footpath)
Broad Leaved Helleborine (Middle wood)
