Wildlife sightings - 28/12/18
Wader Lake (AM, mid-high tide):
Shelduck 5
Grey heron 1
Lapwing 85
Black-headed gull 46
Redshank 20
Water rail (Paddy Fleming Hide) 1
Saline lagoon (AM, mid-high tide):
Curlew 33
Teal 41
Grey heron 1
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Great-spotted woodpecker 3
Lesser redpoll 3
Brambling 3
Nuthatch 1
Bullfinch 7
Chaffinch 8
Greenfinch 3
Great tit 9
Blue tit 8
Coal tit 3
Jay 1
Plus:
Lesser redpoll in the silver birch trees at Ganderland 6
Great-spotted woodpecker under the pines area 1
Mandarin duck in Close Encounters 1
Kestrel near the composting toilet 1
Bullfinch near the otter enclosure 6
Mute swan on the River Wear 2
Little grebe on the River Wear 1
Redwing on Wader Lake footpath 46
Roe deer between North Wood and Hidden Meadow 5
