Wildlife sightings - 11/12/2017
Wader Lake (AM, high tide, frozen):
Mediterranean gull 1
Black-headed gull 169
Curlew 123
Starling 1
Lapwing 54
Saline lagoon (frozen):
Herring gull 12
Black-headed gull 140+
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Jay 2
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Blackbird 5
Robin 7
Bullfinch 15
Chaffinch 12
Nuthatch 1
Other birds:
Cormorant (2), grey heron (1) and greater black-backed gull (5) on the River Wear
Shoveler (12), little grebe (1), shelduck (1) and tufted duck (62) on the reservoir
Teal at the filter reedbed 11
Tree sparrow on the centre feeders 5+
Plus a brown hare near the amphibian ponds
