Wildlife sightings - 29/05/2021
a.m. Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
Common tern 300+
Avocet 23
Blach-headed gull 57
Lesser black-backed gull 1
Oystercatcher 5 (2 chicks)
Redshank 4
Lapwing 11
Grey heron 34
Gadwall 3
Shoveler 1
Shelduck 44
Tufted duck 18 (11 ducklings)
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 1
Oystercatcher 1
Black-headed gull 3
Canada goose 2
Hawthorn Wood
Greenfinch 3
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
Nuthatch 2
Bullfinch 2
Blue tit 3
Great tit 2
Coal tit 1
The Lookout
Bullfinch 2
Chaffinch 1
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Blue tit 1
Great tit 1
Coal tit 2
Other birds
Bullfinch - 2 - Centre feeders
Greenfinch - 2 - Centre feeders
Tree sparrow - 2 - Centre feeders
Robin - 2 - Centre feeders
Greenfinch - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Whitethroat - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Sedge warbler - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Cormorant - 1 - River Wear
Invertebrates (from moth trap)
Poplar hawk moth 2
Green carpet 1
Common pug 1
Flame shoulder 3
Brown rustic 1
White ermine 1
Flora
Red . white campion
Ragged robin
Northern marsh orchid
