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Wildlife Sightings - 01/08/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 01/08/2020

Weather: Cloudy/ Hot
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake
AM
Water Level: Mid


Black Tailed Godwit- 4
Curlew - 1
Avocet - 15 (1 juv
Lapwing- 92
Redshank - 6
Shelduck - 22
Black Headed Gull -26
Common Tern - 40
Grey Heron - 4
Teal - 16
Canada Goose - 1
Jackdaw - (2 juv) - 4

Saline Lagoon
AM
Tide Level: Low


Common Sandpiper- 1
Lapwing- 2

Hawthorn Wood
AM


Great Tit- 7
Bullfinch- 3 (2 male, 1 Juv)
Chaffinch- 7 (2 male, 5 female)
Blue Tit- 7
Great Spotted Woodpecker- 3 (1 male, 1 female, 1 juv)
Coal Tit- 1
Nuthatch- 1
Goldfinch- 2

Other Birds Noted Around Site
AM

Redshank (River Wear)- 6
Lapwing (River Wear) - 4
Curlew (River Wear) - 1
Kestrel (Amphibian Ponds) - 1
Willow Warbler (Wader Lake Footpath) -1

Invertebrates
AM

Meadow Brown
Small White
Large White

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