Wildlife sightings - 26/10/2022
Weather: cloudy with light rain
Wader Lake (AM, low water level):
Black-tailed godwit 3
Lapwing 45
Shoveler 3 female and 2 male
Teal 27
Moorhen 14
Jay on Wader Lake footpath 1
Grey heron on Wader Meadow 1
Woodpigeon on Wader Meadow 32
Hawthorn Wood feeding area:
Great-spotted woodpecker 1 male
Long-tailed tit 3
Treecreeper 1
Chaffinch 8
Bullfinch 4
Greenfinch 1
Goldfinch 1
Robin 1
Coal tit 1
Blue tit 3
The Lookout feeding station:
Great tit 3
Blue tit 2
Bullfinch 7
Chaffinch 5
Greenfinch 1
Blue tit 2
Other species noted:
Tufted duck on the reservoir 11
(River Wear):
Cormorant 2
Black-headed gull 25
Carrion crow 1
Grey heron 1
Mallard 8
Plus Bloody Brittlegill fungi on the west of the reserve
