Wildlife Sightings 23-1-22
Weather: Cloudy
Wind Speed: Low
River Wear Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
Lapwing - 27
Redshank - 2
Shelduck - 8
Teal - 74
Shoveler - 11
Wigeon (2m,2f) - 4
Mute Swan - 3
Tufted duck - 1
Herring Gull - 7
Black-headed Gull - 37
Grey Heron (2 in hedge) - 7
Saline Lagoon
Teal - 24
Common snipe - 1
Hawthorn Wood
Jay - 1
Coal tit - 2
Dunnock - 4
Blackbird (3m,3f) - 6
Chaffinch - 11
Bullfinch (1m,1f) - 2
Lookout Feeding Station
Treecreeper - 1
Robin - 2
Bullfinch (1m,1f) - 2
Blackbird (2f) - 2
Blue tit - 3
Great tit - 4
Other Birds Noted Around Site
Siskin (dragonfly ponds) - 55
Siskin (Wadel Lake footpath) - 11
Kestrel (dragonfly ponds) - 1 male
Goosander (River Wear) - 2 male
Song Thrush (Wader Lake footpath) - 1
Great Spooted Woodpecker (centre feeders/Hollowood) - 2 male
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Mammals;
Roe Deer (Spring Gill Wood) - 2
Flora/Fungi;
Snowdrops (Hawthorn Wood)
Common Field Speedwell (Wader Lake footpath)
Hairy Bittercress (Wader Lake footpath)
Annual Meadow Grass (Wader Lake footpath)
