Wildlife sightings - 15/07/2018
Wader Lake (AM, high tide):
Avocet 10 adults plus broods of 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2 and 3
Stock dove (outside kestrel box) 1
Grey heron 9 (2 adults and 7 juveniles)
Little ringed plover 4 (2 adults and 2 chicks)
Lapwing 29
Redshank 13
Curlew 2
Mallard 10
Shelduck 4 (2 adults and 2 juveniles)
Common tern 140
Saline lagoon (AM, high tide):
Lapwing 16
Grey heron 1
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Nuthatch 1
Great-spotted woodpecker 1 (juvenile)
Chaffinch 5
Robin 3 (juveniles)
Plus:
Mute swan at Window on the Wear 3
Southern hawker in Hollowood
Azure damselfly at Forgotten Meadow Pond
Yarrow and scarlet pimpernel
