Wildlife Sightings - 13/10/2022

Weather: Sunny/clear

River Wear Tide Level: low

A.M

Wader Lake:

Teal - 13

Black-headed Gull - 20

Redshank - 1

Lapwing - 71

Shoveler - 2

Moorhen - 27

Robin - 1

Dunnock - 1

Hawthorn Wood:

Great tit - 2

Bullfinch - 4

Coal tit - 1

Blue tit - 3

Chaffinch - 1

Magpie - 2

Greenfinch - 2

Dunnock - 1

Other birds noted on site:

Little Egret - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Black-headed Gull - 45 (Saline Lagoon)

Redshank - 4 (Saline Lagoon)

Teal - 2 (Saline Lagoon)

Curlew - 16 (Saline Lagoon Meadow)

Tufted duck - 17 (Reservoir)

Cormorant - 2 (River wear)

Redshank - 1 (River wear)

Willow tit (White tail) - 1 (The Lookout)

Chaffinch - 2 (The Lookout)

Bullfinch - 2 (The Lookout)

Wren - 1 (The Gully)

Other wildlife species spotted around grounds:

Flora / Fungi:

False Saffron Milkcaps

Blooody Brittlegill

Shaggy Inkcaps



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