Wildlife Sightings - 29/12/20
Weather: Frosty
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: High 85% Frozen
Lapwing - 14
Redshank - 8
Curlew - 2
Grey Heron - 2
Black-headed Gull - 160
Herring Gull -101 (82 adults, 12 2nd winter, 7 1st winter)
Great Black-backed Gull - 4 (2 adults, 1 2nd winter, 1 1st winter)
Teal - 27
Shelduck - 26
Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Mid 90% Frozen
Common Snipe (at the lagoon breach) - 6
Jack Snipe (at the lagoon breach) - 1
Grey Heron - 1
The Lookout
Treecreeper - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 8
Chaffinch - 8
Blue Tit - 6
Great Tit - 5
Coal Tit - 8
Willow Tit - 1
Other Birds Noted Around Site
Kestrel (Hidden Meadow) - 1 male
Kestrel (Forgotten Meadow) - 1 female
Siskin (Wader Lake footpath) - 10
Goldfinch (Wader Lake footpath) - 2
Goldcrest (Wader Lake footpath) - 1
Greenfinch (Amphibian Pond) - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Long-tailed Tit (Amphibian Pond) - 14
Other Wildlife Species Around Site
Flora/Fungi;
Gorse Flowering (Lagoon Hide)
