Today's sightings - 20/05/16
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 16 + 6 chicks (2 broods)
Oystercatcher 4 + 3 chicks (2 broods)
Little ringed plover 2
Redshank 3
Lapwing 9 + 7 chicks (3 broods)
Common tern 52
Grey heron 30 + 41 young
Shoveler 3
Gadwall 5
Shelduck 17
Saline Lagoon
Shelduck 4
Tufted duck 10
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 1
Bullfinch 7
Redwing 1 (spotted 19/5)
Other birds
Cormorant - 2 - River Wear
Tufted duck - 22 - River Wear
Song thrush - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Grey wagtail - 1 - Gully
Kestrel - 1 - Top Meadow
Other wildlife and flora
Orange tip butterfly
Speckled wood butterfly
Ragged Robin
Northern marsh orchid
Yellow Rattle
Cowslip
Cuckoo flower
Pignut
Hawthorn
