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Wildlife Sightings 20/08/2023

Wildlife Sightings 20/08/2023

Weather: Sunny/ Mod. Winds

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wade Lake Species

Avocet - 23
Oystercatcher - 2
Redshank - 32
Common Sandpiper - 1
Black-tailed godwit - 2
Lapwing - 295
Ruff - 2
Common Snipe - 1
Curlew - 1
Common Tern - 1
Shoveler - 3
Teal - 11
Gadwall - 11
Shelduck - 2
Black-headed Gull - 64
Grey heron - 5

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Greenfinch - 5
Goldfinch - 2
Stock Dove - 2
Blue tit - 3
Great tit - 4
G.S. Woodpecker - 1
Chaffinch - 7
Robin - 1

Dragonfly Ponds

Blackcap - 1

Amphibian Ponds

Swallow - 2
Chiffchaff - 1
Willow warbler - 1

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 8
Redshank - 2

South Wood

Goldcrest - 1

Invertebrates

22-spot ladybird x 27 @ Wader Lake Path
Meadow ladybird x 5 @ Forgotten Meadow
Alder vein angle gall - Eriophytes inangulis

Flora/Fungi

Marsh Woundwort


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