Wildlife Sightings - 03/07/2023
Weather: Bright & sunny intervals
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake Species
Common Tern - 79 (30 chicks)
Avocet - 58
Lapwing - 41
Black-headed Gull - 90 (19 chicks)
Tufted Duck - 12 (10 chicks)
Shelduck - 17 (14 chicks)
Teal - 3
Greylag - 3
Grey Heron (Heron Hedge) - 9
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Goldfinch - 4
Great Tit - 3
Bullfinch - 5
Chaffinch - 2
Blue Tit - 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 juvenile
Magpie - 2
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Chiffchaff (singing across site) - 7
Kingfisher (Amphibian Ponds) - 1
Reed Warbler (Amphibian Ponds) - 1
Swift (Amphibian Ponds) - 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull (River Wear) - 6
Oystercatcher (River Wear) - 2
Herring Gull (River Wear) - 27
Reed Bunting (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Song Thrush (Hawthorn Wood) - 1
Kestrel (Hawthorn Wood) - 1
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates;
Ringlet
Speckled Wood
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Robins Pincushion - Diplolepsis Rosae
Willow Bean Gall - Willow Bean Sawfly (Euura Bridgmanii)
Gorse Shieldbug 2nd instar
Flora/Fungi;
Figwort
Nipplewort
Lesser Trefoil
Meadow Sweet
Redshanks
