Wildlife sightings - 4/12/18
Wader Lake (AM, mid tide):
Water rail 1
Snipe 3
Kestrel 1 (female)
Saline lagoon (AM, mid tide):
Snipe 1
Kingfisher (heard)
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Treecreeper 1
Nuthatch 2
Jay 1
Willow tit 1
Blue tit 8
Great tit 7
Bullfinch 2
Robin 2
Plus:
A male kestrel in South Wood
A male great-spotted woodpecker in South Wood
A water rail heard at the river reedbed (one of six territories we think are currently being held)
A male goosander on the River Wear
Three grey heron on the River Wear
Two cormorant on the River Wear
Four shelduck at the reservoir
A collared dove in the Top Barn area
Fox tracks at the lagoon and on Hidden Meadow