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Wildlife Sightings 14/08/2022

Wildlife Sightings 14/08/2022

Weather: Sunny, light winds

River WearTide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Common tern - 54
Lapwing - 63
Black-tailed godwit - 9
Curlew - 3
Avocet - 11
Lesser Black backed gull - 2
Black-hesded gull - 25

Saline Lagoon Species

Lapwing - 20
Reed warbler - 1
Lesser black-backed gull - 1

Hawthorn Wood Species

Nuthatch - 1
Greenfinch - 4
Robin - 2
Great tit - 8
Chaffinch - 7
Dunnock - 1

Lookout Feeding Station Species

Blue tit - 2
Bullfinch (f) - 1
Great tit - 4

Other birds noted

GS Woodpecker South Wood - 1
Bullfinch (1m,1f) South Wood - 2
Long-tailed tit Middle Wood - 2
Goldfinch Amphibian Ponds - 3

Invertebrates

Common Shieldbug 4th instar - 2
22-spot ladybird - 9
Common Footman - 1
Green lacewing larvae - 1
Common green shieldbug 3rd instar - 1

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