Today's sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide):
Shoveler (pair) - 2
Redshank - 8
Shelduck - 42
Eurasian teal - 69
Lapwing - 13
Black-headed gull - 9
Grey heron - 1
Lesser black-backed gull (adult) - 1
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Great-spotted woodpecker - 1 (male)
Willow tit - 1
Blackbird - 1 (male)
Robin - 4
Bullfinch - 16
Great tit - 9
Coal tit - 7
Blue tit - 12
Dunnock - 1
Chaffinch - 20
Other bird species on site:
Goldeneye pair on the saline lagoon
A jay at the corn hut
A redshank at Window on the Wear
A stock dove flying east above the river
Five long-tailed tits on Top Meadow
Plus:
Roe deer (doe) on the saline lagoon meadow
A brown hare on Old Oak Meadow
Snowdrops and daffodils across site
