Wildlife sightings - 12/07/18
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 12 ad + 17 chicks: broods of 4, 4, 3, 2, 2 and 2 (new brood)
Black-tailed godwit 2
Little-ringed plover 1
Common tern 80 ad + 9 young
Black-headed gull 117 + 3 chicks
Grey heron 11
Saline Lagoon
Lapwing 3
Common gull 1
Black-headed gull 43
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woorpecker 2
Bullfinch 6
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 4
Chaffinch 8
Coal tit 3
Other birds
Cormorant - 3 - River Wear
Curlew - 8 - River Wear
Mute swan - 2 - River Wear
Jay - 7 - Flew across river
Willow tit - 3 (1 ad + 2 juv) - Spring Gill
Tree sparrow - 1 - Centre feeders
Grey wagtail - 1 - Gully
Pied wagtail - 4 - Wader Lake
Other wildlife
Southern Hawker dragonfly
Flora
Meadowsweet
Knapweed
