Wildlife Sightings 15/8/2022
Weather: Warm-cloudy & breezy
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake Species
Black-tailed godwit - 9
Curlew - 16
Lapwing - 89
Redshnk - 18
Dunlin - 1
Little Ringed Plover - 1
Oystercatcher - 1
Avocet - 6
Common tern - 47
Black-headed gull - 109
Lesser Black-backed gull - 2
Saline Lagoon Species
Snipe - 1
Lapwing - 25
Lesser Black-backed gull 2 juv. - 3
Hawthorn Wood Species
Greenfinch - 11
Bullfinch (2m,1f) - 3
GS Woodpecker 3 juv. - 3
Goldfinch - 5
Coal tit - 2
Sparrowhawk (m) - 1
Lookout Feeding Station
Bullfinch (3m,1f) - 4
Great tit - 7
Chaffinch - 4
Blue tit - 5
Coal tit - 1
Other bird noted
Mute Swan River Wear - 2
Invertebrates
Common Froghopper
22=spot Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Comma Catterpillar
Hawthorn Shieldbug 5th instar
Hoverfly lavae
Flora/Fungi
Fleabane
Gypsywort
Ribbed Melilot
Elder berries
