Wildlife sightings - 27/08/2020
a.m. Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
Avocet 12
Black-tailed godwit 10
Common snipe 2
Curlew 6
Redshank 32
Lapwing 230
Grey heron 7 ad / 6 juv
Common tern 4
Gadwall 21
Shoveler 5
Saline Lagoon
Mallard 111
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Nuthatch 1
Treecreeper 1
Willow tit 2
Long-tailed tit 4
Coal tit 4
Greenfinch 6
Goldfinch 16
Bullfinch 5
Other birds
Mistle thrush - 2 - Over site
Teal - 42 - Wader Lake
Mallard - 20 - Wader Lake
White wagtail - 1 - Wader Lake
Kingfisher - 1 - Amphibian pond
Little grebe - 2 - River Wear
Mute swan - 4 - River Wear
Invertebrates
Speckled wood butterfly
