Wildlife sightings - 24/06/2018
a.m. Tide: low
Wader Lake
Avocet 35 + 3 chicks
Little ringed plover 2
Common tern 130 + 40 chicks
Kestrel 2 juveniles
Grey heron 2 adults + 15 juveniles
Stock dove 1
Redshank 11
Lapwing 5
Shoveler 2 (pair)
Pied wagtail 1
Black headed gull 30
Saline Lagoon
Oystercatcher 1
Lapwing 1
Canada goose 1
Hawthorn Wood
Willow tit 1
Great tit 8
Chaffinch 5
Goldfinch 3
Other birds
Common buzzard - over grounds: 1
Blackcap - Wader Lake footpath: 1 male
Chiffchaff - Middle Wood: 1
Chiffchaff - centre feeders: 1
Mute swan - River Wear: 5
Lesser black backed gull - River Wear: 5
Tree sparrow - centre feeders: 5
Other wildlife species
Invertebrates:
Pellucid fly
Speckled wood
Red tailed bumblebee
