Wildlife sightings - 21/08/2018

Tide level a.m.: mid

Wader Lake

Lapwing 275

Avocet 2 adults 3 juveniles

Little egret 1

Common snipe 4

Redshank 20

Common sandpiper 1

Dunlin 1

Saline Lagoon

Green sandpiper 2

Common snipe 2

Curlew 1

Grey heron 2

Teal 3

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Coal tit 2

Blue tit 5

Great tit 7

Bullfinch 6

Dunnock 1

Willow tit 1

Chaffinch 4

Robin 1

Greenfinch 2

Nuthatch 1

Other birds noted around site

Black bird - Wader Lake path: 3

Chiffchaff - Wader Lake path 3

Wren - South Wood: 1

Song thrush - North Wood: 1

Tufted duck - Reservoir: 9

Mute swan - River Wear: 1

Canada Geese - Saline Lagoon meadow: 32

Other wildlife species:

Mammals:

Otter prints in Spring Gill gulley

Amphibian:

Toadlets (across site)

Invertebrates:

Small white

Kidney-spot ladybird

Flora:

Bird foot trefoil

Honey suckle

Greater burnet

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