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Wildlife Sightings - 29/04/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 29/04/2020

Weather: Overcast 8°C

Wind Speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake - AM - MID water level

Avocet 41

Lapwing 16

Redshank 4

Oystercatcher 4

Ringed plover 2

Black tailed godwit 4

Common tern 6

Black headed gull 22

Herring gull 6

Lesser black backed gull 4

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 2

Redshank 1

Oystercatcher 2

Lesser black backed gull 2

Hawthorn Wood

Reed bunting 2 (male)

Treecreeper 1

Nuthatch 1

Great spotted woodpecker 1 (male)

Bullfinch 4

Greenfinch 2

Goldfinch 2

Chaffinch 8

Willow tit 1

Coal tit 2

Long tailed tit 1

Other birds noted around site

Common sandpiper (River Wear) 1

Tawny owl (Hawthorn Wood) 1

Kestrel (1 male Hawthorn Wood, 1 male Spring Gill)

Sparrowhawk (Hawthorn Wood) 1 (male)

Common buzzard (Spring Gill) 1

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