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Wildlife Sightings - 18/11/20

Wildlife Sightings - 18/11/20

Weather: Overcast
Wind Speed: Breezy
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid

Teal - 63
Moorhen - 6
Black-headed Gull - 40
Shelduck - 16
Grey Heron - 3


Saline lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Mid

Kingfisher - 1
Teal - 3


Hawthorn wood

Bullfinch - 7 (4 male, 3 female)
Nuthatch - 1
Blue Tit - 7
Great Tit - 4


The Lookout

Coal Tit - 4
Robin - 1
Chaffinch - 2


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Cormorant (River wear) - 1
Goosander (River Wear) - 1 male juvenile
Kingfisher (Gully) - 1
Redwing (across whole site) - 40+
Mistle Thrush (Amphibian Ponds footpath) - 2
Siskin (East Downs scrub) - 2
Goldfinch (East Downs scrub) - 4


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Amphibians/Fish:
Sea Trout (River Wear)

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