Wildlife sightings - 20/08/2024

a.m. Ride Level:

Wader Lake

Grey heron 3 juvenile

Avocet 10 (6 ad + 4 juvenile)

Black-tailed godwit 20

Whimbrel 1

Curlew 3

Lapwing 26

Common snipe 1

Redshank 3

Teal 24

Northern shoveler 1

Shelduck 8 juvenile

Black-headed gull 17

Sand martin 36

Sparrowhawk 1

Hawthorn Wood

Blue tit 5

Great tit 6

Coal tit 3

Nuthatch 1

Bullfinch 4

Chaffinch 3

Greenfinch 2

Moorhen 2

Magpie 2

Stock dove 1

Other birds

Mallard - 4 - Saline Lagoon

Black-headed gull - 16 - River Wear

Herring gull - 17 - River Wear

Kestrel - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Chiffchaff - 2 - Wader Lake footpath

Greenfinch - 3 - Wader Lake footpath

Goldfinch - 80 - Wader Lake meadow

Stock dove - 7 - Wader Lake meadow

White wagtail - 1 - Wader Lake meadow

Mammals

Roe deer

Invertebrates

Meadow brown butterfly

Speckled wood butterfly


Image © Bill Richmond

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