Wildlife sightings - 10/08/2024

a.m. Tide level: High

Wader Lake

Sand martin 12

Greenshank 2

Grey heron 3

Black-tailed godwit 6

Redshank 6

Avocet 3

Lapwing 24

Teal 6

Shelduck 19

Black-headed gull 93

Herring gull 16

Lesser black-backed gull 1

Canada goose 25

Hawthorn Wood

Blue tit 8

Great tit 6

Coal tit 4

Willow tit 2 (1 unringed / 1 red/green)

Long-tailed tit 4

Chiffchaff 1

Nuthatch 1

Bullfinch 3

Chaffinch 5

Greenfinch 4

Goldfinch 1 juvenile

Robin 1 juvenile

Dunnock 1

Magpie 1

Other birds

Swallow - 2 - Amphibian ponds

Mute swan - 1 - River Wear

Herring gull - 23 - River Wear

Willow tit - 1 (unringed) - Wader Lake footpath

Blue tit - 1 - The Lookout

Great-spotted woodpecker - 1 - The Lookout

Invertebrates

Speckled wood butterfly

Peacock butterfly

Fungi

Bloody brittlegill

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