Wildlife Sightings - 12/08/2024
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Weather: Rainy/humid
River Wear Tide Level: Hightide
Wader Lake Specie
Teal - 16
Shelduck - 1 adult + 11 juv
Willow Tit - 1 (singing)
Black-tailed Godwit - 8
Sand Martin - 7
Red Shank - 30
Grey Heron - 4
Avocet - 3
Canada Goose - 3
Greylag Goose - 1
Lapwing - 20
Pied Wagtail - 1 juv
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Blue Tit - 11
Robin - 1 adult + 1 juv
Dunnock - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Greenfinch - 1 adult + 1 juv
Chaffinch - 7
Goldfinch - 1
Woodpecker - 1 male adult + 1 juv
Stock Dove - 1
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Blackcap - Top Meadow Hedge - 1 (singing)
Curlew - River Wear - 1 (singing)
Sedge Warbler - Wader Lake footpath - 1
Herring Gull - River Wear - 104
Mallard - Saline Lagoon - 24
Little Egret - River Wear - 1
Grey Heron - River Wear - 1
Jay - Hawthorn Wood - 1 (singing)
Tufted Duck - Reservoir - 1 female + 1 duckling
Shelduck - Reservoir - 1 juv
Mallard - Reservoir - 22
Gadwall - Reservoir - 1
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Mammals:
Black-headed Gull - 70
Herring Gull - 1
Goldfinch - flock of 30
Kestrel - 1
Common Tern - 22
Gadwall - 3
Invertebrates:
Speckled Wood Butterfly
Flora/Fungi:
Bloody Brittlegill
