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Wildlife Sightings11/08/2024

Wildlife Sightings11/08/2024

Weather = Overcast/ Bright

River Wear Tide Level = High

Wader Lake Species

Sand Martin - 7

Swallow - 2

Teal - 25

Avocet - 4

Lapwing - 92

Sparrow Hawk - 1 (F) Sitting on Sand Martin Bank

Lesser Black Back Gull - 2

Red Shank - 29

Black Headed Gull - 79

Black Tailed Godwit - 6

Grey Heron - 2 (J)

Green Shank - 2

Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station

Nuthatch - 1

Coal Tit - 1

Green Finch - 3

Chaffinch - 6

Canada Goose - 2 + 3

Oystercatcher - 2

Grey Lag Goose - 1

Canada x Grey Lag Goose - 1

Gadwall - 5

Shoveler - 3

Shelduck - 13 + 5 (J)


Birds Species Noted Around Sight

Kingfisher- River Wear (heard twice)

Goldfinch - East Downs - 5

Mallard - Saline Lagoon - 15

Herning Gull - River Wear - 26

Grey Heron - River Wear - 1

Little Egret - River Wear - 1

Sedge Warbler - River Reed Bed - Heard

Buzzard - River Reed Bed - Heard

Jay - Hawthorn Wood - Heard

Shoveler - The Resevoir - 1

Tuffted Duck - Resevoir - 1 (M) + 1 Chick

Invertebrates

Speckled Wood Butterfly

Common Darter

Green Vied White

Peacock Butterfly

Flora/Fungi

Bloody Brittle Grill