Wildlife Sightings - 23/08/2020
Weather: Outcast/ Rain
River Wear Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
AM
Water Level: Mid
Ruff- 2
Redshank- 32
Snipe- 1
Lapwing- 151
Grey Heron (lots of barking)- 11
Avocet- 15
Gadwall- 8
Black- Tailed Godwit- 11
Black- Headed Gull- 24
Teal- 19
Lesser Black Backed Gull- 1
Saline Lagoon
AM
Tide Level: High
Lapwing- 5
Mallard- 22
Hawthorn Wood
AM
Sparrowhawk- 1 (female, juv)
Willow Tit - (heard)
Magpie- 1
Blue Tit-5
Great Tit- 7
Chaffinch- 5
Other Birds Noted Around Site
AM
Buzzard (South Wood) - 1, very low
Shoveler (Reservoir)- 5
Jay (Hollowood)- 2
Coal Tit (Window on the Wood)- 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Window on the Wood)- 1
Mammals
Grey Squirrel with hazelnut (Northumbrian Water Hide)
Flora/ Fungi
Stinkhorn Fungus Egg (Hollowood) - still not hatched
