Wildlife sightings - 18/05/17
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Oystercatcher 2
Grey heron 28
Shelduck 13
Avocet 26 + 9
Black-tailed godwit 1
Shoveler 1
Common tern 106
Tufted duck 8
Lapwing 10 + 11 chicks
Saline lagoon
Avocet 2
Shoveler 1
Oystercatcher 1
Tufted duck 20
Lesser black-backed gull 2
Hawthorn Wood
Nuthatch 1
Blue tit 9
Bullfinch 7
Greenfinch 2
Dunnock 2
Robin 3
Great tit 5
Coal tit 2
Other birds
Blackcap - 12 - Across reserve
Reed bunting - 1 - Roundtable ponds
Mute swan - 4 - River Wear
Cormorant - 5 - River Wear
Whitethroat - 5 - Across reserve
Sedge warbler - 4 - Across reserve
Song thrush - 1 - North Wood
Dunnock with young - 4 - Centre feeders
Great spotted woodpecker - 1 - Spring Gill
Mammals
Roe deer 3
Amphibians
Tadpoles
Invertebrates
Speckled wood
Carder bee
Tree bumblebee
Flora/fungi
Germander speedwell
Yellow flag iris
Hawthorn
Red campion
Ragged robin
Purple loosestriff
Common inkcap
