Wildlife Sightings - 20/10/2022
Weather: raining
River Wear tide level: mid
A.M
Wader lake:
Teal - 91
Moorhen - 17
Dunlin - 2
Grey Heron - 1
Hawthorn Wood:
Willow tit - 1
Coal tit - 2
Greenfinch - 3
Chaffinch - 12
Bullfinch - 3
Robin - 1
Dunnock - 2
Nuthatch - 1
Great tit - 5
Blue tit - 6
Other birds noted on site:
Goldcrest - 1 (Slick Gill Hedge)
Buzzard - 1 (Hidden Meadow Hedge)
Little Grebe - 1 (River Wear)
Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)
Sparrow Hawk - 1 (Heron Hedge)
Goldfinch - 12 (Wader Lake path)
Siskin - 3 (Wader Lake path)
Little Egret - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Curlew - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Redshank - 2 (Saline Lagoon)
Common Snipe - 1 (Saline Lagoon)
Other Wildlife Species spotted around grounds:
Flora / Fungi:
Grey Knight
Scrambled Egg Fungus
Birch Blypor (North Wood)