Wildlife sightings - 21/12/18
Wader Lake (AM, low tide):
Mute swan 2
Shelduck 8
Shoveler (male) 1
Teal 8
Grey heron 3
Lapwing 26
Water rail 2
Saline lagoon (AM, low tide):
Curlew 1
Shelduck 1
Grey heron 1
Hawthorn wood feeding station:
Great-spotted woodpecker 3
Nuthatch 3
Reed bunting (first winter male) 1
Bullfinch 11
Goldfinch 1
Chaffinch 12
Jay 2
Sparrowhawk (male) 1
Plus:
Grey heron on the River Wear 8
Cormorant on the River Wear 1
Black-headed gull on the River Wear 100
Greater black-backed gull on the River Wear 1
Sparrowhawk (female) in North Wood 1
