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
