Wildlife Sightings - 31/08/19

Avocet - 7
Lapwing - 10
Curlew - 2
Common snipe - 2
Redshank - 18
Teal - 30
Mallard - 3
Gadwall - 27
Shelduck - 1
Grey heron - 6

Saline lagoon
Black headed gull - 25
Lesser black-backed gull - 2
Grey heron - 2

Hawthorn wood
Sparrowhawk - 1
Jay - 1
Stock dove - 2
Great spotted woodpecker - 3
Nuthatch - 3
Chaffinch - 20
Bullfinch - 7
Greenfinch - 4
Goldfinch - 20
Willow tit - 1

Other birds
Goosander - River Wear - 1
Cormorant - River Wear - 3
Black headed gull - River Wear - 280
Lapwing - River Wear - 36
Redshank - River Wear - 22
Common sandpiper - River Wear - 1
Chiffchaff - Window on the Wear - 2
Long-tailed tit - Window on the Wear - 14

Invertebrates:
Gold spot
Poplar hawker
Green carpet
Flame carpet

Flora:
Devil's-bit scabious
Mallow
Chicory
Lagoon meadow
Sea aster

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