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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