Wildlife Sightings - 14/08/19

Wind Speed: Light

Wader Lake - AM - Low tide
Avocet - 11
Swallow - 6
Lapwing - 159
Redshank - 22
Teal - 16
Snipe - 4
Lesser back-backed gull - 2
Shoveler - 3
Common tern - 30+
Shelduck - 7

Saline Lagoon
Grey heron - 1
Lapwing - 5
Linnet - 2
Lesser black-backed gull - 2
Mallard - 51

Hawthorn Wood
Jay - 3
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 10
Goldfinch - 6
Great-spotted woodpecker - 6
Chaffinch - 14
Greenfinch - 1
Robin - 3

Other Birds
Sparrowhawk - North Wood - 1
Kestrel - Heard in Hawthorn Wood - 1
Cormorant - River Wear - 1
Grey heron - River Wear - 1
Long-tailed tit - Wader Lake Footpath - 20+
Common sandpiper - River Wear - 1

Other Wildlife - Mammals:
Bank vole - Hawthorn Wood Hide - 2

Watch out for Kingfisher on the River Reedbed, Wader Lake, and even in our otter enclosure!

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