Wildlife Sightings - 05/05/2020
Weather: Light rain / sunny
Wind speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Low
Wader Lake - AM - Mid water level
Avocet 40 (10 nesting)
Lapwing 18
Oystercatcher 2 (1 nesting)
Little ringed plover 2
Redshank 4
Black tailed godwit 1
Curlew 1
Grey heron 34
Common tern 3
Black headed gull 32
House martin 2
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 4
Oystercatcher 2
Shoveler 1 (male)
Grey heron 2
Hawthorn Wood
Stock dove 1
Great spotted woodpecker 2 (male & female)
Nuthatch 1
Bullfinch 4
Willow tit 1
Other birds noted around site
Tawny owl (3 chicks in nest + 1 adult nearby)
Kingfisher (Wader Lake) 1
Sparrowhawk (staff car park) 1 male
Linnet (Lagoon Hide roof) 2
Swallow (Lagoon meadow) 3
