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Wildlife Sightings 16/07/2023

Wildlife Sightings 16/07/2023

Weather:

River Wear Tide Level:

Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 46
Ruff - 3
Oystercatcher - 2
Common Tern - 16
Black-headed gull - 187
Shoveler - 4
Gadwall - 2
Teal - 2
Shelduck - 15
Greylag - 4
Lapwing - 111

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Greenfinch - 4
Stock Dove - 3
Chaffinch - 12
Robin - 2
Magpie - 1
Bullfinch - 3
Dunnock - 2
Blue tit - 5
Great tit - 7

Amphibian Ponds

Reed Warbler - 1
Willow Warbler - 4

River Wear

Curlew - 1
Common Sandpiper - 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4
Cormorant - 1

Wader Lake Path

Blackcap - 1

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 18

Heron Hedge

Grey Heron - 5

Invertebrates

Pied Hoverfly
Common Green Shieldbug (mid instar)
22-spot Ladybird
22-spot Ladybird larvae
Harlequin Ladybird

Flora/Fungi

Upright Hedge Parsley
Greater Willowherb
Hop trefoil
Wild Marjoram @ Forgotten Meadow
Rest harrows @ Forgotten Meadow
Red Bartsia


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