Wildlife sightings - 01/08/17
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Black-tailed godwit 2
Swallow 4
Greylag geese 44
Common sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1
Ringed plover (juvenile) 1
Redshank 28
Grey heron 7
Lapwing 52
Black-headed gull 127
Avocet 2
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 3
Black-headed gull 19
Green sandpiper *heard calling
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 3
Jay 1
Bullfinch 13
Chaffinch 15
Willow tit 2
Goldfinch 5
Greenfinch 3
Great tit 5
Blue tit 9
Other birds
Grey heron - 1 - River Wear
Jay - 3 - North Wood
Swallow (fledglings) - 4 - Window on the Wear
Common sandpiper - 1 - Window on the Wear
Great tit - 6 - Centre feeders
Other wildlife
Stoat x 2 (near the reservoir)
Common carder bee
Flora
St John's wort
Lords-&-ladies (in berry)
Blackberries on bramble
Fungi
Rosy brittlegill
Sulphur twist
Ganderma applanatum
Tan ear
