Wildlife Sightings - 21/08/23
Weather: Sunny/mild wind
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake Species
Avocet - 15
Black-tailed Godwit - 2
Redshank - 38
Curlew - 2
Common Sandpiper - 2
Gadwall - 5
Shelduck - 2
Black-headed Gull - 36
Lapwing - 291
Canada Goose - 2
Shoveler - 2
Teal - 4
Hawthorn Wood
Great Tit - 10
Blue Tit - 7
Coal Tit - 2
Robin - 1
Dunnock - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Bullfinch - 1 & 1 juvenile
Chaffinch - 5
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 juvenile
Pheasant - 1 female
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Heron (Amphibian Ponds) - 1
Mute Swan (River Wear) - 1
Mallard (Saline Lagoon) - 12
Black-headed Gull (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Feral Pigeon (Saline Lagoon) - 1
Woodpigeon (Saline Lagoon) - 1
Bullfinch (The Lookout) - 1 & 1 juvenile
Chaffinch (The Lookout) - 2
Great Tit (The Lookout) - 4
Blue Tit (The Lookout) - 1
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates:
Peacock Butterfly (Wader Lake footpath) - 1
Flora/Fungi:
Bloody Brittle Gill (South Wood)
