Wildlife Sightings -22/10/2023
Weather: cold and sunny
River wear tide level: low going out
A.M
Wader lake:
Redshank - 20
Grey Heron - 3
Lapwing - 6
Kestrel - 1 (Heard only)
Black-headed Gull - 76
Teal - 41
Moorhen - 7
Mallard - 2
Mute Swan - 1
Pheasant - 1
Goosander - 4
Wigeon - 1
Hawthorn wood:
Wren - 1
Goldcrest - 1
Great tit - 3
Blue tit - 1
Bullfinch - 1
Long-tiled tit (Heard only)
Chaffinch - 3
Coal tit - 3
Pheasant - 1
Moorhen - 1
Other birds noted on site:
Cormorant - 2 (River wear)
Teal - 11 (Saline Lagoon)
Willow Warbler - 1 (Wader Lake footpath)
Goldfinch - 1 (Feeding lookout station)
Redwing - 4 (Forgotten Meadow and ponds)
Grey Heron - 1 (Forgotten Meadow and ponds)
Chaffinch - 2 (Feeding lookout station)
Magpie - 1 (Feeding lookout station)
Mallard - 5 (Saline Lagoon)
Bullfinch - 1 ((Forgotten Meadow and ponds)
Blue tit - 1 ((Forgotten Meadow and ponds)
Kestrel - 1 (Visitor Centre)
Goldcrest - 1 (Visitor Centre)
Kingfisher - 1 (River wear)
Other Wildlife species noted around site:
Mammals:
Grey Squirrel
