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Wildlife Sightings - 27/12/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 27/12/2022

Weather: dull

River wear tide level: high

A.M

Wader lake:

Lapwing - 2

Redshank - 2

Shelduck - 2

Canada Goose - 7

Greylag - 2

Hawthorn wood:

Chaffinch - 15

Coal tit - 4

Nuthatch - 1

Greenfinch - 2

Dunnock - 1

Black-bird - 2

Bullfinch - 5

Blue tit - 11

Great tit - 8

Goldfinch - 2

Other birds noted on site:

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Little grebe - 1 (River wear)

Black-headed Gull - 33 (River wear)

Jay - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Willow tit - 1 (Hawthorn wood Scrub)

Teal - 31 (Saline Lagoon)

Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon)

Herring Gull - 11 (Saline Lagoon)

Tree-creeper - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Long-tailed Tit - 5 (South wood)

Tree-creeper - 1 (South wood)

Gold-crest - 1 (South wood)

Other wildlife species spotted around site:

Mammals:

Roe Deer - 2 (Hidden Meadow)


(Spotted by the public 2 groups of 4 roe deer - 10 (Spring Gill)

Invertebrates:

Harlequin Ladybird (Lagoon Hide)