Wildlife sightings - 25/07/2024
a.m. Tide level: High
Wader Lake
Grey heron 4 juvenile
Sand martin 5
Black-headed gull 42 + 12 juvenile + 12 chicks
Common tern 24 + 1 juvenile + 3 chicks
Shelduck 1 + 14 juvenile
Moorhen 3
Greenshank 1
Redshank 24
Lapwing 80
Oystercatcher 1
Black-tailed godwit 3
Coot 1
Greylag 3 + 1 juvenile
Canada goose 1
Canada goose / greylag hybrid 3 juvenile
Hawthorn Wood
Blue tit 3 + 1 juvenile
Great tit 3 + 3 juvenile
Coal tit 2 + 1 juvenile
Chaffinch 5
Bullfinch 1
Goldfinch 3
Greenfinch 3
Robin 3
Nuthatch 1
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Other birds
Mute swan - 1 - River Wear
Herring gull - 35 - River Wear
Greenfinch - 1 juvenile - Amphibian ponds
Grey heron - 1 + 4 juvenile
Greylag - 9 - Wader Lake meadow
Mallard - 6 - Saline Lagoon
Black-headed gull - 2 + 3 juvenile - Saline Lagoon
Lapwing - 2 - Saline Lagoon
Invertebrates
Ringlet butterfly
Meadow brown
Flora
Marsh woundwort
