Wildlife Sightings - 08/05/2024
Weather: Sunny
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake Species
Avocet - 24
Tufted Duck - 34
Shelduck - 51
Sand Martin - 5
Canada Goose - 19
Oystercatcher - 5
Greylag Goose - 8 & 3 chicks
Black-headed Gull - 57
Black-headed Gull x Mediterranean Gull - 1
Common Tern - 6
Lapwing - 8
Shoveler - 1 male
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Bullfinch - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Great Tit - 3
Robin - 1
Stock Dove - 1
Chaffinch - 2 male
Blue Tit - 3
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Grey Heron (Heronry) - 23
Mute Swan (Wader Lake) - 2
Willow Warbler (Wader Lake footpath) - 1 heard
Ruddy Shelduck (flying over site) - 2
Chiffchaff (Amphibian Ponds) - 1 heard
Greenfinch (Amphibian Ponds) - 1 heard
Canada Goose (River Wear) - 1
Shelduck (River Wear) - 6
Black-headed Gull (River Wear) - 37
Tufted Duck (River Wear) - 3
Redshank (River Wear) - 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull (River Wear) - 1
Herring Gull (River Wear) - 1
Grey Heron (River Reedbed) - 1 juvenile
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
7-Spot Ladybird
Common Wasp
Early Bumblebee
Orange Tip Butterfly (male & female)
Thistle Tortoise Beetle
Rosemary Beetle
Common Carderbee
Flora/Fungi:
Green Alkanet
Hawthorn
Cow Parsley
Common Vetch
Greater Stitchwort
Cowslip
Burnet Rose
