Wildlife Sightings - 23/10/2021
Weather: bright
Wind speed: low
River wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader lake:
Black headed Gulls - 26
Moorhen - 4
Teal - 116
Buzzard - 1
Lapwing - 2
Redshank - 2
Saline lagoon:
Black headed Gull - 6
Moorhen - 1
Teal - 13
Other birds noted around site:
Fieldfare - 3 (Wader lake footpath)
Goldfinch - 10 (Wader lake footpath)
Siskin - 40 (Wader lake footpath)
Curlew - 1 (Wader lake footpath) (Flying)
linnet - 1 (Saline lagoon footpath)
Wren - 1 (Saline lagoon footpath)
Cormorant - 1 ( River wear)
Little Grebe - 1 (Reservoir)
Hawthorn wood:
Sparrowhawk - 1
Bullfinch - 4
Greenfinch - 3
Great spotted woodpecker - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Dunnock - 1
Willow tit - 1
Chaffinch - 4
Lookout feeding station:
Willow tit - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Other wildlife species around site:
Mammals:
Red winged - 20
Field fore - 3
Mistle Thrush - 2
Jay - 3
Buzzard
Flora / Fungi:
Pleated inkcap - 1
(notes of interest)
Sparrowhawk flew down from on the top of hawthorn wood hide and caught a (suspected) Great spotted woodpecker this morning.
