Wildlife sightings - 09/05/17
AM low tide
Wader Lake
Avocet 23 + 3 chicks
Teal 4
Oystercatcher 3
Tufted duck 14
Black-tailed godwit 7
Little ringed plover 2
Common tern 70+
Coot 2
Grey wagtail 1
Swallow 3
Shoveler 3
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 4
Shelduck 7
Oystercatcher 1
Hawthorn Wood
Dunnock 2
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Robin 5
Coal tit 3
Bullfinch 9
Blue tit 4
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 5
Other locations
Common whitethroat across the reserve 5
Sedge warbler across the reserve 2
Reed warbler across the reserve 3
Feral mandarin in Close Encounters 1
Great-spotted woodpecker on Wader Lake footpath 1
Cormorant (sinensis sub-species) on the River Wear 1
Tree sparrow on the centre feeders 2
Plus
Invertebrates:
Buff-tailed bumble bee
Carder bee
Early mining bee
Fungi:
Common inkcap
King Alfred's cakes
Flora:
Northern marsh orchid
Bird's-foot trefoil
Red campion
Cowslip
Cuckoo flower
Bluebell
