Wildlife sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide):
Lapwing - 110
Redshank - 6
Teal - 12
Shoveler - 2
Gadwall - 1
Common tern - 10
Snipe - 1
Lesser black-backed gull - 1
Black-headed gull - 6
Grey heron - 2
Tufted duck - 2
Saline lagoon (AM, low tide):
Mallard - 32
Oystercatcher - 1
Lapwing - 2
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Chaffinch - 12
Bullfinch - 5
Greenfinch - 2
Jay - 2
Blue tit - 18
Great tit - 4
Coal tit - 2
Great-spotted woodpecker - 1
Robin - 2 plus 1 juvenile
Sparrowhawk - 1 (female)
Plus 2 mute swans with 4 young, 6 grey heron and 10 redshank on the River Wear; a robin on Wader Lake path and a jay in North Wood.
Flora - common centaury and tansy