Wildlife sightings - 18/08/16
a.m. Tide Level: low
Wader Lake
Avocet 4
Curlew 8
Black-tailed godwit 3
Common sandpiper 2
Common snipe 6
Lapwing 162
Redshank 48
Common tern 36
Teal 16
Gadwall 14
Mallard 135
Saline Lagoon
Grey heron
Hawthorn Wood
Jay 2
Great spotted woodpecker 2
Long-tailed tit 2
Willow tit
Coal tit 5
Greenfinch 6
Goldfinch 6
Bullfinch 16
Robin 3
Dunnock 3
Other birds
Cormorant - 8 - River Wear
Grey heron - 6 - River Wear
Black-headed gull - 90 - River Wear
Lesser black-backed gull - 20 ad, 2 juvenile - River Wear
Kestrel - 1 - Lagoon meadow
Other wildlife
Weasel - Northumbrian Water hide
Rabbit - Wader Lake footpath
Toad - Forgotten meadow
Frog - Forgotten meadow
Stickleback - Amphib pond
Salmon leaping from river - seen from Lagoon View hide
Common darter
Southern hawker
