Wildlife sightings - 26/12/2017
Wader Lake (AM, high tide):
Shoveler (male) 1
Eurasian teal 50
Shelduck 25
Canada geese 50
Greylag 1
Canada/greylag hybrid 1
Black-headed gull 25
Lesser black-backed gull 10
Herring gull 8
Greater black-backed gull 1
Grey heron 1
Saline lagoon:
Curlew 8
Eurasian teal 45
Redshank 1
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Nuthatch 1
Willow tit 1
Great tit 14
Blue tit 10
Chaffinch 8
Bullfinch 16
Coal tit 4
Robin 1
Dunnock 2
Plus:
A peregrine falcon on the pylons
Goldeneye on the River Wear 3
Goosander on the River Wear 3
Common seal on the River Wear 1
