Wildlife sightings - 12/05/19
a.m Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Avocet 40 (15 pairs nesting)
Black-tailed godwit 21
Oystercatcher 3
Redshank 2
Lapwing 14
Common tern 142
Black-headed gull 28
Lesser black-backed gull 6
Grey heron 37
Shoveler 6
Gadwall 4
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 4
Black-headed gull 10
Lapwing 1
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Nuthatch 2
Bullfinch 8
Greenfinch 4
Goldfinch 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Other birds
Mute swan - 4 - 2 x river Wear, 2 x filter reedbed
Tree sparrow - 2 - Centre feeders
Blackcap - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Chiffchaff - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Common whitethroat - 3 - Wader Lake footpath
Swallow - 4 - Wader Lake footpath
Swift - 6 - Over Top Meadow
Invertebrates
Speckled Wood butterfly
Orange tip butterfly
