Wildlife sightings - 26/04/19
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Avocet 46
Black-tailed godwit 7
Lapwing 16 + 3 chicks
Little-ringed plover 2
Oystercatcher 1
Common snipe 2
Canada goose 12
Greylag 42
Black-headed gull 8
Grey heron 37
Kestrel 1
Saline Lagoon
Avocet 4
Redshank 1
Lapwing 2
Oystercatcher 1
Hawthorn Wood
Bullfinch 5
Chaffinch 6
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 2
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Nuthatch 1
Other birds
Mute swan - 4 - 2 Wader Lake and 2 River Wear
Tufted duck - 27 - River Wear
Goosander - 1 - River Wear
Common whitethroat - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Black cap - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Blackcap - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Willow warbler - 1 - Wader Lake footpath
Chiffchaff - 2 - Wader Lake footpath
Amphibians
Smooth newts (amphibian ponds)
Invertebrates
Orange tip
Red-tailed bumblebee
Tree bumblebee
