Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High
Avocet - 16 + 5 chicks
Oystercatcher - 3 + 2 chicks
Lapwing - 9 + 3 chicks
Little Ringed Plover - 2
Ringed Plover - 1
Redshank - 1
Common Tern - 210
Grey Heron - 66
Shoveler - 3
Gadwall - 1
Teal - 1
Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High
Grey Heron - 3
Shoveler - 2
Gadwall - 1
Hawthorn Wood
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Willow Tit - 3
Blue Tit - 5
Great Tit - 7
Coal Tit - 3
Bullfinch - 3
Greenfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 7
Goldfinch - 2
Jay - 1
Robin - 3
Wren - 1
Other Birds Time/AM
Grey Heron (River Wear) - 2
Shelduck (site count) - 38 + 16 duckling
Sparrowhawk (over Wader Lake) - 1
Kestrel (stream channel) - 1
Grey Wagtail (River Wear) - 1
Cormorant (River Wear) - 3
Canada Goose (flew in Wader Lake) - 20
Canada/Greylag cross (flew in Wader Lake) - 1
Other Wildlife Species
Mammals:
Otter tracks (Window on the Wear)
Amphibians:
Tadpoles developing well (amphibian ponds)
Invertebrates:
Speckled Wood (Spring Gill Wood)
Flora (flowering):
Ragged Robin
Pig Nut
Yellow Rattle
Northern Marsh Orchid
Hawthorn
Holly
