Wildlife Sightings 22/03/2024

Weather = Sunny/Breezy

River Tide = Low

Water Level = Mid

Wader Lake Species

Black Headed Gull x Heditterranean Gull - 1

Black Headed Gull - 139

Herring Gull - 21

Avocet - 6

Oystercatcher - 4

Lapwing - 1

Starling (meadow) - 1

Tufted Duck - 6

Shoveler - 4

Teal - 1

Shelduck - 18

Canada x Gerylag Goose - 1

Canada Goose - 27

Greylag Goose = 9

Mute Swan - 2

Grey Herron - 5

Coot = 3


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeder Area

Stock Dove - 1

Dunnock - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Siskin - 7(F) 4 (M)

Great Tit - 4

Blue Tit - 5

Chaffinch - 2(F) 4(M)

Long Tailed Tit - 1

Bullfinch - 1(M) 1(F)

Goldfinch - 1

Robin - 1

Birds Species Noted Around Site

Grey Herron = Heronry - 19

Grey Heron = River Wear - 1

Teal = River Wear - 4

Black Headed Gull = River Wear - 6

Redshank= = River Wear - 1

Long Tailed Tit = Wader Lake Footpath - 1

Great Tit = Wader Lake Footpath - 1

Blue Tit = Wader Lake Footpath - 1

Chaffinch = Wader Lake Footpath - Sound only

Shelduck = Saline Lagoon - 1

Kestrel = Hawthorn Wood - 1 (F)

Wren = Spring Gill Wood - 1

Amphibians

Common Toad = Amphibian Pond - 1

Invertebrates

Buff Tailed Bumblebee

Rosemary Beetle

Flora / Fungi

Allium Ursinum (Wild Garlic)

Blackthorn

Lungwort

Common Butterbur

Primula Elatior (Cowslip)

Rosemary Flowering










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