Wildlife sightings - 07/06/2017
Including a site record of 50 avocet
AM mid tide
Wader Lake
Avocet 25 adults and 22 young = 47
Shoveler 1
Oystercatcher 1
Black-tailed godwit 2
Little ringed plover 2
Redshank 3
Common tern 110+
Grey heron 11
Sand martin 5
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 3 = site total of 50 birds - a new record!
Oystercatcher 1 adult and 1 young
Stock dove 2
Hawthorn Wood feeding station
Goldfinch 6
Great-spotted woodpecker 2
Jay 1
Nuthatch 1
Bullfinch 9
Greenfinch 3
Chaffinch 12
Blue tit 6
Great tit 5
Robin 3
Plus
Whitethroat on lagoon footpath 3
Song thrush in lagoon wood 1
Cormorant on the River Wear 2
Tufted duck on the reservoir 19
Other wildlife species
Tadpoles
Smooth newt
Rabbit
Tree bumblebee
Speckled wood butterfly
Flora
Fox-and-cubs
Common spotted orchid
Northern marsh orchid
Ragged robin
Yellow flag iris
