Wildlife sightings - 5/10/17
(AM low tide)
Wader Lake:
Black-tailed godwit 6
Common snipe 4
Lapwing 14
Redshank 10
Teal 12
Saline lagoon:
Curlew 15
Wigeon 3
Black-headed gull 16
Redshank 5
Hawthorn Wood:
Bullfinch 10
Goldfinch 4
Greenfinch 6
Willow tit 2
Coal tit 12
Long-tailed tit 6
Plus three cormorant, 200 jackdaw, 100 black-headed gulls and two grey heron on the River Wear
Two jay at spring gill
A grey wagtail at the amphibian ponds
Eight red admiral and two speckled wood butterflies on the ivy at spring gill
A female otter and mature cub catching then devouring fish on the riverbank opposite Window on the Wear 2