Wildlife Sightings - 25/09/21
Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
am/mid water level
Grey Heron 4
Curlew 1
Kestrel 1
Redshank 16
Snipe 4
Lapwing 3
Black Headed Gull 10
Teal 27
Moorhen 2
Ruff (winter adult) 1
Saline Lagoon
am/mid tide level
Black Headed Gull 8
Lesser Black Backed Gull 2
Teal 6
Heron (grey) 1
Hawthorn Wood
Nuthatch 2
Greenfinch 1
Coal Tit 2
Bullfinch 3
Chaffinch 2
Pheasant (female) 1
Lookout feeding station
Wren 2
Blue Tit 2
Robin 1
Great Tit 3
Nuthatch 1
Jay 1
Other birds noted around site
Grey Wagtail 1 - Stream Channel
Long Tailed Tit 12 - Ganderland
Chiffchaff 1 - Ganderland
Blackcap 1 (male) - Gully
Mistle Thrush 2 - Play area flying West
Buzzard 1 - Hidden Meadow
Cormorant 7 - River
Curlew 1 - River
Redshank 4 - River
Grey Heron 3 - River
Other wildlife species around site
Squirrel - 4
Common Darter - 2 (Discovery Centre)
Puff Ball - 1 (Saline fox gate)
Sulphur Tuft - 20 (Saline fox gate)
Eel - 1 (Wader Lake)
Other notes of interest
Heron ate eel at Wader Lake
