Wildlife sightings - 17/04/18
a.m. Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
Black-tailed godwit 2
Little-ringed plover 1
Avocet 26
Kestrel 1
Northern shoveler 5
Black-headed gull 34
Oystercatcher 4
Gadwall 8
Eurasian teal 2
Bullfinch 2
Grey heron 23 (4 chicks almost fledging)
Saline Lagoon
Oystercatcher 2 (observed mating)
Gadwall 2
Redshank 1
Shelduck 2
Grey heron 1 (in reedbed)
Hawthorn Wood
Reed bunting 1
Bullfinch 8
Goldfinch 2
Great tit 2
Blue tit 3
Chaffinch 5
Other birds
Swallow - 1 - Over river Wear
Grey wagtail - 2 - Gully
Feral mandarin - 1 - Close Encounters
Oystercatcher - 2 - Islands pen
Tree sparrow - 3 - Centre feeders
Sand Martin - 1 - Wader Lake
Flora
Butterbur
Lungwort
Primrose
Bugle
