Wildlife sightings - 22/08/16
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Curlew 4
Ruff 1
Black-tailed godwit 11
Bar-tailed godwit 1
Ringed plover 1
Redshank 71
Lapwing 62
Avocet 3
Black-headed gull 6
Common tern 30
Common snipe 1
Saline Lagoon
Eurasian teal 6
Grey heron 1
Gadwall 2
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker 1
Goldfinch 4
Greenfinch 3
Chaffinch 12
Robin 4
Blackbird 2
Coal tit 6
Other birds
Sparrowhawk - 1 - Forgotten Meadow
Jay - 1 - Forgotten Meadow
Little egret - 1 - River reedbed flyover
Cormorant - 1 - River Wear
Swallows - 12 - Wader Lake footpath
Other wildlife/flora (wet morning, not much in flight)
Pond skater
Sea aster
Purple loosestripe
