Wildlife sightings - 12/09/2017
Wader Lake (AM, high):
Kestrel (pair on camera tower) 2
Gadwall 1
Ruff 1
Grey heron 1
Black-tailed godwit 4
Curlew 51
Shelduck 3
Redshank 68
Lapwing 101
Teal 8
Common snipe 1
Saline Lagoon:
Teal 9
Lesser black-backed gull 1
Redshank 2
Hawthorn Wood:
Bullfinch 5
Great-spotted woodpecker 1
Plus:
A sparrowhawk on East Down
A juvenile grey heron at Window on the Wear
A mute swan on the River Wear
Three jay in Spring Gill Wood and one in North Wood
A coal tit on the centre bird feeders
A chiffchaff on Wader Lake footpath
A treecreeper near the stream channel
Invertebrates:
Common darter and migrant hawker dragonflies
Speckled wood and red admiral butterflies
Flora:
Water mint and hemp agrimony