Wildlife sightings - 30/05/19
a.m. Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake
Avocet 28 (5 chicks)
Lapwing 8 (1 chick)
Common tern 104
Shelduck 18 (13 ducklings)
Shoveler 5
Grey heron 22
Gadwall 6
Oystercatcher 5
Redshank 6
Kestrel 1
Saline Lagoon
Shelduck 4
Shoveler 1
Hawthorn Wood
Nuthatch 1
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
Bullfinch 5
Goldfinch 2
Great tit 6 (3 juvenile)
Robin 3 (1 juvenile)
Greenfinch 1
Jay 1
Other birds
Swift - 16 - Over Wader Lake / river Wear
Cormorant - 2 - River Wear
Blackcap - 2 - Amphibian ponds
Chiffchaff - 2 - Amphibian ponds
Grey heron - 2 - Amphibian ponds
Sparrowhawk - 1 - North Wood
Kestrel - 1 - Spring Gill
Flora
Yellow flag iris (in flower)
Common spotted orchid
