Wildlife sightings - 17/06/16
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 16 + 21 chicks/young *highest number recorded on site
Lapwing 22 + 10 chicks/young
Redshank 5 + 3 young
Little ringed plover 1
Ringed plover 1
Oystercatcher 2 + 2 young
Shoveler 7 + 5 young (2 broods)
Gadwall 4 + 11 young (3 broods)
Common tern 116 + 10 chicks
Grey heron 20
Saline Lagoon
Grey heron 1
Lapwing 9
Black headed gull 15
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 2 + 2 juvenile
Blackcap 1
Bullfinch 10
Reed bunting 1
Willow tit 3
Wren 2
Jay 2
Other birds
Shelduck - 43 adults + 22 young - Site count
Cormorant - 2 - River Wear
Greater black backed gull - 1 - River Wear
Chiffchaff - 3 + 4 young - Site count
Common whitethroat - 2 + 5 young - Site count
Willow warbler 1 + 2 young - Site count
Sedge warbler - 1 - Round table pond
