Wildlife sightings - 23/08/16
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Green sandpiper 2
Ruff 1
Curlew 14
Black-tailed godwit 10
Bar-tailed godwit 1
Redshank 79
Avocet 3
Lapwing 137
Ringed plover 1
Common snipe 5
Eurasian teal 9
Saline Lagoon
Grey heron 3
Cormorant 10
Hawthorn Wood
Jay 2
Goldfinch 3
Robin 5
Coal tit 3
Blue tit 9
Chaffinch 15
Great tit 6
Dunnock 2
Blackbird 3
Other birds
Mute swan - 3 - River Wear
Goldfinch - 91 - Lagoon path
*Little grebe juvenile - first since January on site - Reservoir
Ferruginous duck - 1 - White head pen
Other wildlife/flora
Grey squirrel
Pond skater
Purple loosestrife
Common knapweed
