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Wildlife Sightings 25/08/2022

Wildlife Sightings 25/08/2022

Weather: Overcast, rainy

River Wear Tide Level : Low

Wader Lake Species

Teal - 72
Dunlin - 1
Snipe - 3
Ruff - 1
Gadwall (10m, 12f) - 22
Shoveller - 1(f)
Black-tailed godwit - 7
Lapwing - 38
Avocet - 9 + 2 juv
Common tern - 2 + 11 juv + 1 chick
Black-headed gull - 3
Greylag goose - 1

Saline Lagoon Species

Lapwing - 2
Teal - 2
Mallard - 4

Hawthorn Wood Specie

Greenfinch - 5 juv
Goldfinch - 1 juv
Bullfinch - 1 (m) + 1juv
Coal tit - 1
Chaffinch - 4

Lookout Feeding Station

Robin - 1

Other birds species noted

Cormorant River Wear - 1
Curlew River Wear - 1(heard)
GS Woodpecker - Wader Lake Footpath - 1(f)
Goldfinch Wader Lake Footpath - 2 + 1 juv
Dunnock Wader Lake Footpath - 3
Chiffchaff Wader Lake Footpath





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