Wildlife sightings - 29/06/2018
a.m. Tide level: low
Wader Lake
Avocet + 3 broods of chicks (13): 29
Redshank: 3
Black tailed godwit: 2
Lapwing: 1
Common tern + young: 51 + 25
Little ringed plover: 1
Shelduck: 4 + 2
Grey heron: 11
Black headed gulls: 12
Saline Lagoon
Redshank: 5
Lapwing: 1
Common sandpiper: 1
Canada Goose: 1
Hawthorn Wood
Great spotted woodpecker: 1
Blue tit: 9
Bullfinch: 3
Chaffinch: 2
Great tit: 4
Robin: 1
Other birds noted around site:
Long tailed tit - Spring Gill Wood: 3
Mute swan - River Wear: 2
Lesser black backed gull - River Wear: 5
Whitethroat - Dragonfly ponds: 1
Tufted duck - Reservoir: 19
Teal - Reservoir: 1
Other wildlife species
Invertebrates:
Blue tailed damselfly
Small tortoiseshell
Water boatman
Flora:
St. John's wort
Lyme grass
Marsh thistle
