Wildlife sightings - 05/09/2017
Wader Lake (AM, low tide):
Knot (juvenile) 1
Redshank 29
Teal 12
Lapwing 139
Black-tailed godwit 1
Kestrel (male) 1
Pied wagtail 2
White wagtail family on passage (2 adults and 3 juveniles)
Saline lagoon:
Eurasian teal 9
Hawthorn Wood feeding station:
Chaffinch 14
Blue tit 5
Coal tit 1
Bullfinch 6
Plus:
A little egret on the River Wear
A great black-backed gull on the River Wear
A song thrush in Hollowood
Five blackbirds in Hollowood
A great-spotted woodpecker in Hollowood
Two shoveler on the reservoir
Five cormorant on the River Wear
Flora:
St John's Wort
Purple loosestrife
Yarrow
Shaggy inkcap
Blackberries on bramble
Sloes on blackthorn
