Wildlife sightings - 01/02/2018
Wader Lake (AM, low tide):
Mute swan 1
Stock dove 7
Shelduck 27
Lapwing 90+ (very mobile thanks to a hunting sparrowhawk!)
Grey heron 7
Black-headed gull 59
Common snipe 1
Eurasian teal 23 (17 male and 6 female)
Sparrowhawk 1 (large mature female)
Saline lagoon (AM, low tide):
Shelduck 2
Eurasian teal 13 (7 male and 8 female)
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Coal tit 3
Blue tit 6
Great tit 9
Long-tailed tit 6
Jay 1
Plus:
Tree sparrow (6) and great-spotted woodpecker (1) on the centre feeders
Goldeneye (2 males) and a grey heron on the River Wear
Bullfinch in the orchard 8
Snowdrops
Hazel catkins
Dead Man's Fingers fungi
