Today's sightings

Wader Lake

Avocet - 8 (including at least two eggs)

Black Tailed Godwit - 1

Redshank - 27

Common Snipe - 5

Lapwing - 22

Oystercatcher - 4

Grey Heron - 40 (three chicks in nests)

Gadwall - 4

Wigeon - 5

Shoveler - 4

Teal - 22

Shelduck - 21

Mallard - 29

Tufted Duck - 11

Coot - 3

Mute Swan - 1

Hawthorn Wood 

Bullfinch - 9

Chaffinch - 8

Coal Tit - 4

Great Tit - 10

Blue Tit  - 7

Treecreeper - 7

Other Birds

Mute Swan (River Wear)

Mammals

Otter tracks on Window on the Wear

Amphibian Pond

Common Frog & Tapoles

Common Toad & Spawn

Invertebrates

Orange Tip Beefly

Flora

Primrose & Bluebell (flowering in Spring Gill)

Redcampion (South Wood)

Cuckoo Flower & Marsh Marigold (Forgotten Wood)

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