Wildlife sightings - 03/07/19
a.m. Tide Level: Mid/low
Wader Lake
Oystercatcher 5
Avocet 40
Lapwing 52
Redshank 6
Common tern 90+
Black-headed gull 48
Kestrel 1
Shoveler 3
Shelduck 27
Saline Lagoon
Lapwing
Swallow
Black-headed gull
Hawthorn Wood
Nuthatch 1
Jay 2
Greenfinch 2
Bullfinch 11
Goldfinch 8
Chaffinch 14
Robin 3
Coal tit 2
Blue tit 14
Great tit 12
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
Other birds
Grey heron - 1 - Amphibian ponds
Whitethroat - 2 - Lagoon footpath
Kestrel - 2 - Orchard
Stock dove - 2 - Hawthorn Wood
Cormorant - 1 - River Wear
Invertebrates
Speckled wood butterfly
Painted lady butterfly
Small tortoiseshell butterfly
Red admiral
Flora
Northern marsh orchid
Notes of interest
Watch out for kestrel juveniles around the lagoon area
Keep an eye out for kingfisher at the river reedbed
