Wildlife Sightings - 11/06/2024
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Weather: Overcast/drizzly
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake Species
Avocet - 27
Sand Martin - 14
Shelduck - 19
Swallow - 4
Greylag Goose (1 brood) - 6 + 4 chicks
Black-headed Gull - 61 + 18 chicks
Tufted Duck - 4
Oystercatcher - 4
Teal Duck - 1
Lapwing - 12
Canada x Greylag Hybrid - 1
Canada Goose (2 broods) - 3 + 6 chicks
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Treecreeper - 1
Robin - 1
Greenfinch - 1 male
Stock Dove - 3
Dunnock - 1
Great Tit - 3 + 5 juv
Goldfinch - 2 + 2 juv
Bullfinch - 4 male 2 female + 2 juv
Chaffinch - 3 male 3 female + 1 juv
Blue Tit - 3 + 1 juv
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Grey Heron - Heronry - 9
Grey Heron - Wader Meadow - 2
Jay - The Lookout - 1
Bullfinch - The Lookout - 1 male
Great Tit - The Lookout - 1
Grey Heron - Saline Lagoon - 1 juv
Shelduck - Saline Lagoon - 2
Lapwing - Saline Lagoon - 1
Mute Swan - River Wear - 3
Robin - North Wood - 1
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates:
Early Bumblebee
Flora/Fungi\:
Elder
Cuckoo Flower
Northern Marsh Orchid
Spotted Orchid
Bee Orchid
Cow Parsley
Green Alkanet
