Wildlife Sightings - 27/02/23
Weather: Clear
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Mandarin Duck - 1 female
Grey Heron - 33 (3 are 1st year)
Herring Gull - 33
Black-headed Gull - 118
Lapwing - 66
Teal - 15
Canada Goose - 14
Shelduck - 15
Gadwall - 10 (6 male, 4 female)
Avocet - 3
Oystercatcher - 2
Shoveler - 1 male
Wigeon - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Mute Swan - 1
Canada x Greylag Hybrid - 2 (Canalag or Greynada Goose?)
Greylag Goose - 2
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Coal Tit - 2
Goldfinch - 10
Bullfinch - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Robin - 2
Nuthatch - 1
Jay - 1
Greenfinch - 3 (1 female, 2 male)
Sparrowhawk - 1 male
Long-tailed Tit - 3
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Jay (Wader Lake footpath) - 1
Song Thrush (Middlewood) - 1
Willow Tit (The Gully) - 1
Oystercatcher (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Curlew (Saline Lagoon) - 28
Teal (Saline Lagoon) - 25
Redshank (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Spring Gill Wood) - 1 drumming
Great Spotted Woodpecker (River Reedbed) - 1 drumming
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Flora/Fungi;
Jelly Ear (Middlewood) - 4
