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
