Wildlife Sightings 22/08/2023
Weather: Sunny, breezy
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake Species
Avocet - 22
Shoveler - 17
Teal - 36
Common tern (+ 1 juv) - 2
Grey heron - 10
Redshank - 4
Black-headed Gull - 50
Shelduck - 2 juv.
Lapwing - 312
Ruff - 3
Greylag Goose - 1 + 2 juv.
Herring Gull - 3
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Long-tailed tit - 1
Chaffinch - 2 f, 1m, 3 juv.
Blue tit - 3
Great tit - 2
Goldfinch - 2 + 2 juv.
Bullfinch - 1 m + 1 f
Robin - 1 + 1 juv.
Coal tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1
G.S. Woodpecker - 1 juv.
Middle Wood
Robin - 1 + 2 juv.
The Lookout
Magpie - 1
Blue tit - 3
Great tit - 2
Bullfinch - 1 m, 1 f
Chaffinch - 1 m
Saline Lagoon
Lapwing - 4
Teal - 3
River Wear
Goosander - 1 f
Reservoir
Mallard - 14
Shoveler - 5
Tufted Duck - 2 f + 1 duckling
Flora/Fungi
Bloody Brittlegill
Stinkhorn @ South Wood
Broad-leaved Hellebore @ Hollowood
