Wildlife Sightings - 04/06/2024
Weather: Overcast
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake Species
Oystercatcher - 1
Avocet - 23 & 1 chick
Shelduck - 21 & 4 chicks (1 brood)
Common Tern - 46
Black-headed Gull - 95 & 7 chicks (4 broods - 1 chick, 3 chicks, 1 chick & 2 chicks)
Shoveler - 2
Lapwing - 1
Greylag Goose - 2
Gadwall - 9
Tufted Duck - 11
Canada Goose - 1
Redshank - 1
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male
Nuthatch - 1
Greenfinch - 2 male, 1 female
Bullfinch - 1 male, 1 female, 1 juvenile
Goldfinch - 3
Blue Tit - 2
Chaffinch - 1 male, 1 female
Great Tit - 4
Robin - 1
Stock Dove - 1
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Swallow (Wader Lake) - 2
Grey Heron (Wader Meadow) - 2
Canada Goose (Wader Meadow) - 2
Shelduck (Wader Meadow) - 8
Lapwing (Wader Meadow) - 1
Greylag Goose (Wader Meadow) - 1
Grey Heron (Heronry) - 6
Shelduck (River Wear) - 8
Gadwall (River Wear) - 1
Oystercatcher (River Wear) - 1
Black-headed Gull (River Wear) - 14
Lesser Black-backed Gull (River Wear) - 1
Herring Gull (River Wear) - 10
Blackcap (Saline Lagoon footpath) - 1 male
Jay (The Lookout) - 1
Bullfinch (The Lookout) - 3 male
Black-headed Gull (Saline Lagoon) - 1
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates:
Azure Damselfly
Early Bumblebee
Flora/Fungi:
Jellyear
Elder
Northern Marsh Orchid
Spotted Orchid
Bee Orchid (car park)
Ragged Robin
Ox-eye Daisy
