Wildlife sightings - 31/08/2018
Tide level a.m.: mid
Wader Lake
Curlew 4
Black-tailed godwit 12
Redshank 47
Greenshank 1
Green sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1
Lapwing 26
Avocet 1 adult + 1 juvenile
Grey heron 1
Teal 65
Water rail (briefly heard calling ) 1
Saline Lagoon
Black headed gull 4
Curlew 1
Lapwing 16
Hawthorn Wood
Sparrowhawk 1 female
Great spotted woodpecker 2 females
Nuthatch 2
Willow tit 1
Coal tit 3
Great tit 7
Blue tit 9
Bullfinch 10
Chaffinch 10
Goldfinch 16
Other birds noted around site
Spotted flycatcher - Wader Lake footpath: 1
Cormorant - River Wear: 3
Grey heron - River Wear: 2
Little egret - River Wear: 1
Common tern - River Wear: 1
Chiffchaff - Gully: 1
Wren - Pen 1: 1 adult & 6 juvenile
Swallow - Duckery: 2 adults & 4 juveniles
Other wildlife species:
Amphibians:
Toadlets - top meadow
Invertebrates:
Speckled wood
Common darter
