Wildlife sightings - 14/08/2018
Wader Lake (AM, mid-high tide):
Lapwing 23
Grey heron 1
Common tern 11
Avocet 7 (6 adult and 1 young)
Northern shoveler 7
Gadwall 2
Saline lagoon:
Teal 3
Lapwing 4
Canada goose 45
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Bullfinch 3
Goldfinch 4
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Great tit 7
Blue tit 8
Robin 2
Coal tit 2
Nuthatch 1
Chaffinch 3
Dunnock 1
Jay 1
Plus:
Cormorant on the River Wear 10
Lesser black-backed gulls on the River Wear
Blackbird in South Wood 2
Black Cap on Saline Lagoon Path 1
Tufted duck on the reservoir 9
Common frog
Pond snail
Pond skaters
Fairy flax
Cat mint
Blackberries
