Wildlife Sighting - 2/08/2024

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Sand Martin - 12

Avocet - 3

Common Tern - 4

Black headed Gull - 13 + 4 juv

Little Egret - 1

Lapwing - 120

Shelduck - 3 +16 juv

Mallard - 4

Gadwall - 4

Moorhen - 2 juv

Greylag - 8

Canada x Greylag Hybrid - 3

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 juv

Blue Tit - 5

Great Tit - 4

Coal Tit- 2

Long tailed Tit - 1

Nuthatch - 2

Bullfinch - 1 (M) 1 (F)

Chaffinch - 1 (M) 3 (F)

Greenfinch - 1

Dunnock - 1

Robin - 1

Stock Dove - 4

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Black headed Gull - River Wear - 82 + 17 juv

Herring Gull - River Wear - 6 + 4 juv

Redshank - River Wear - 5

Lapwing - River Wear - 2

Little Egret - River Wear - 1

Wood Pigeon - Middle Wood - 1

Jay - Middle Wood - 1

Little Egret - Saline Lagoon - 1

Mallard - Saline Lagoon - 20

Grey Heron - River Reedbed - 1

Robin - 1

Stock Dove - 4

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Invertebrates

Speckled Wood x 1 @ Amphibian Ponds

Small White @ Saline Lagoon

Flora/Fungi

Soapwort x 1 @Saline Lagoon





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