Wildlife sightings - 18/06/18
Wader Lake (AM, high tide):
Kestrel juveniles 3
Avocet 29 adults and 1 chick
Redshank 14
Stock dove 1
Oystercatcher 4 adults and 1 chick
Grey heron 36
Common tern 70 adults and 36 chicks
Little ringed plover 1
Shoveler 4 (two pairs)
Shelduck 7
Lapwing 7 adults and 3 chicks
Saline lagoon (AM, high tide):
Lapwing 1
Canada goose 1
Shelduck 8 adults and 6 chicks
Hawthorn Wood:
Magpie 1
Bullfinch 3
Great spotted woodpecker 1 juvenile
Chaffinch 2
Blue tit 2
Great tit 5
Plus:
An oystercatcher in Ganderland
A male kestrel on the stream channel
A mute swan on the River Wear
A chiffchaff in middle wood
Azure damselfly at Forgotten Meadow pond
Foxgloves, self heal, ragged robin, yellow flag iris, southern bracket
