Wildlife sightings - 19/03/16
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 4
Black-tailed godwit 3
Common snipe 7
Common sandpiper 1
Lapwing 314
Redshank 96
Curlew 4
Common tern 36
Saline Lagoon
Grey heron 2
Redshank 9
Hawthorn Wood
Jay 2
Great spotted woodpecker 3
Willow tit 2
Coal tit 8
Bullfinch 22
Chaffinch 30
Goldfinch 6
Greenfinch 6
Robin 3
Other birds
Cormorant - 6 - River Wear
Grey heron - 4 - River Wear
Kestrel - 1 - Lagoon Meadow
Linnet - 6 - East down
Redwing - 1 - Flew over site (West)
Chiffchaff - 1 ad, 5 juvenile - Lagoon path
Long-tailed tit - 10 - Lagoon path
Other wildlife
*Grey seal at spotted 9:00am swimming down the river - viewed from Window on the Wear