Wildlife sightings - 28/06/2018
a.m. - Tide level: low
Wader Lake
Avocet + 3 broods of 5 chicks: 36 + 1 juvenile
Little ringed plover: 2
Redshank: 8
Lapwing: 6 + 2 chicks
Common tern: 108
Black headed gull: 52
Grey heron: 27
Saline Lagoon
Common sandpiper: 1
Oystercatcher: 1
Grey heron: 3
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker: 3 (male, female & juvenile)
Sparrowhawk: 1
Bullfinch: 5 + 3 juveniles
Chaffinch: 12
Goldfinch: 3 + 2 juveniles
Blue tit: 9
Great tit: 14
Robin: 1 + 1 juvenile
Wren: 1
Dunnock: 1 + 1 juvenile
Other birds
Tree sparrow - centre feeders: 5
Kestrel - Spring Gill: 2
Coal tit - centre feeders: 1 juvenile
Long tailed tit - Lagoon path: 1 + 5 juveniles
Long tailed tit - East Down: 2 + 2 juveniles
Cormorant - River Wear: 2
Grey Heron - River Wear: 3
Ringed plover - River Wear: 1
Other wildlife species
Invertebrates:
Speckled wood
Small tortoiseshell
Small skipper
Small white
Meadow brown
Ringlet
Flora:
Foxglove
Field scabious
