Wildlife sightings - 23/06/2020
a.m. Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake
Avocet 34 + 2 chicks
Lapwing 23
Osytercatcher 1
Redshank 2
Common tern 82 + 53 chicks
Black-headed gull 91 + 17 chicks
Shelduck 10 + 20 ducklings
Shoveler 3
Teal 3
Grey heron 14
Pied wagtail 1
Saline Lagoon
Grey heron 3
Back-headed gull 10
Swallow 6
Sand martin 2
Hawthorn Wood
Great-spotted woodpecker 3
Nuthatch 1 + 1 juvenile
Bullfinch 8 + 3 juvenile
Greenfinch 4
Goldfinch 4
Chaffinch 10 + 8
Willow tit 3
Long-tailed tit 14
Coal tit 4
Tree sparrow 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Other birds
Common whitethroat - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Kestrel - 1 - Hawthorn Wood
Little grebe - 1 - River Wear
Common whitethroat - 1 - Education barn
Cormorant - 2 - River Wear
Invertebrates
Speckled wood
Small tortoishell
Golden-bloomed
Grey-longhorn
