Wildlife Sightings - 21/09/2025
AM
Weather: Bright. Clear skies
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake Species
Sparrowhawk - 1 female
Kestrel - 1 male
Teal - 111
Curlew - 32
Black-tailed Godwit - 1
Grey Heron - 4 juv
Black-headed Gull - 8
Herring Gull - 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Cormorant - 1
Gadwall - 4
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Willow Tit - 1 (red and green)
Great Tit - 3
Coal Tit - 1
Goldfinch - 3
Chaffinch - 3
Bullfinch - 2
Blue Tit - 6
Robin - 1
Greenfinch - 2
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Kingfisher - Window on the Wear - 1
Blackcap - Wader Lake footpath - 1 (calling)
Grey Heron - Saline Lagoon - 1
Grey Heron - Forgotten Meadow - 1 (calling)
Willow Tit - Hawthorn Wood - 2 definite (suspected 3)
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Flora /Fungi
Shaggy Inkcap - Saline Lagoon Meadow
Glistening Inkcap - On fence line across site
