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Wildlife Sightings - 17/09/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 17/09/2020

Weather: Sunny/ Clear
Wind Speed: Light Breeze
River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake
AM
Water Level: Low


Teal- 22
Black- Tailed Godwit- 3
Redshank- 2
Lapwing-78
Gadwall- 2
Black Headed Gull- 3
Jackdaw- 2

Saline Lagoon
AM
Tide Level- Low

Lapwing- 3
Black Headed Gull- 4

Hawthorn Wood
AM

Blue Tit- 4
Goldfinch- 10
Great Tit- 3
Bullfinch- 1
Coal Tit- 2
Chaffinch- 8
Greenfinch- 3

Other Birds Noted Around Site
AM

Long Tailed Tits (Play Area)- 4
Grey Heron (River Wear)- 3
Cormorant (River Wear)- 1
Curlew (River Wear)- 1
Willow Warbler (Amphibian Ponds)- 3
Reed Warbler (Amphibian Ponds)- 1
Tufted Duck (Reservoir) - 21

Mammals
Common Seal (River Wear)

Invertebrates
Speckled Wood
Orange Underwing

Flora/ Fungi
Common Mallow
Woody Nightshade (Berries)

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