Wildlife Sightings 16/08/2022

Weather: Overcast - rain

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Blacl-tailed godwit - 13
Curlew - 19
Redshank - 38
Common Sandpiper - 1
Lapwing - 89
Dunlin - 1
Oystercatcher - 1
Avocet - 4
Grey Heron - 1
Common Tern - 50
Black-headed gull - 113

Saline Lagoon Species

Lapwing - 22

Hawthorn Wood Species

Greenfinch - 10
GS Woodpecker juv - 1
Coal tit - 4
Chaffinch - 14
Bullfinch (1f, 3 juv) - 4
Nuthach - 1

Lookout Feeding Station

Bullfinch (1m, 1f) - 2
Great tit - 4
Chaffinch - 7
Coal tit - 1
Blue tit - 5
Magpie - 3

Other bird species noted

Lesser Black-backed gull River Wear - 1
Herring gull River Wear - 27
Song thrush Amphibian ponds - 2
Willow Warbler Wader Lake Path - 1
Kingfisher Gully - 1
Jay Middle Wood - 1
Jay Reserve Orchard - 2
Goldfinch Forgotten Meadow - 40
Willow tit Hawthorn Wood - 1

Invertebrates

22-spot Ladybird
Robin's Pin Cushion Diplolepis rosae
Sputnik Gall Diplolepis nervosa

Flora/Fungi

Common Earthball Wader :Lake Path
Birch Bolette Wader Lake Path

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