Wildlife Sightings - 20/04/25
Date:20/04/2025Weather: Bright
River Wear Tide Level:
| am/pm | Wader Lake Species
| Water Level | Total | ||
| Shelduck | 24 | ||||
| Shoveler | 4 (2 pairs) | ||||
| Greylag | 9 | ||||
| Canada goose | 18 | ||||
| Grey Heron | 20, 3 juveniles | ||||
| Avocet*seen scraping* | 29 | ||||
| Oystercatcher | 4 (2 pairs) | ||||
| Mute swan | 5 | ||||
| Lesser black backed gull | 2 | ||||
| Gadwall | 6m | ||||
| Herring gull | 62 | ||||
| Black headed gull | 5 | ||||
| Snipe | 5 | ||||
| Mallard | 1f, 6 ducklings | ||||
| Lapwing | 8 (6 on meadow) | ||||
| Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area | Total | Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area | Total | ||
| Bullfinch | 3 | Great tit | 6 | ||
| Blue tit | 2 | Nuthatch | 1 | ||
| Dunnock | 1 | ||||
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| Bird Species Noted Around Site | Location | Total | ||
| Song Thrush | Wader Lake footpath | 1 singing | |||
| Song Thrush | North wood | 1 | |||
| Blackcap | North wood | 1 singing | |||
| Kestrel | Corner meadow | 2 (pair)- male with prey (mammal) | |||
| Kestrel | Old Oak meadow | 2 (pair)- seen mating | |||
| Willow tit | Spring Gill | 1 calling | |||
| Grey Heron | Heron hedge (seen from top meadow side) | 7 juvenile herons | |||
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Mammals: Amphibians / Fish:Invertebrates:Flora / Fungi:
Otter x1 @River viewpoint
Blue bells, Oxalis flowering, greater stitchwort flowering in Spring Gill
