Wildlife sightings - 08/08/2023

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Oystercatcher 3

Grey heron 18 juvenile

Lapwing 452

Teal 10

Black-tailed godwit 2

Common tern 6 + 2 juvenile

Black-headed gull 119 + 11 juvenile + 3 chicks

Redshank 27

Curlew 7

Avocet 14 (2 juvenile)

Shelduck 11 juvenile

Ruff 3

Swallow 4

Hawthorn Wood

Goldfinch 1 + 2 juvenile

Bullfinch 2 + 1 juvenile

Dunnock 1

Blue tit 11

Great tit 5

Chaffinch 7

Other birds

Goldfinch - 4 - Wader Lake meadow

Willow warbler - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Lapwing - 10 - Saline lagoon

Black-headed gull - 8 - Saline lagoon

Teal - 6 - Saline lagoon

Swallow - 1 - Saline lagoon

Grey heron - 1 - Saline lagoon

Common tern - 3 - River Wear

Robin - 1 - The Lookout

Bullfinch - 1 + 1 juvenile

Invertebrates

Comma butterfly

Peacock butterfly

Speckled wood butterfly

Flora/fungi

Broad-leaved hellebore

Sunflower

Glistening inkcap

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