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Wildlife Sightings - 1/07/2024

Wildlife Sightings - 1/07/2024

Weather = Overcast / breezy

River Tide Level = High

Wader Lake Species

Shelduck - 12 Adults 19 chicks

Sand Martin - 19

Avocet - 18

Lapwing - 9

Teal - 9

Pied Wagtail - 1

Black-Headed Gull - 202 Adults - 97juv - 3 ducklings

Canada Goose - 5 Adults - 1 gosling

Graylag Goose - 6 Adult 4 Goslings

Little ringed Plover - 1

Redshank - 20

Oystercatcher - 3

Common Teal - 51

Gadwall - 5

Tufted Duck - 2

Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 3

Robin - 2

Nuthatch 1

Blue Tit - 4

Great Tit - 3

Zebra Finch - 2 (escapee)

Bird Species Around Sight

Wren - 3 Singing (Wader Lake Footpath)

Oystercatcher - 4 (Saline Lagoon)

Chiff Chaff - Several Singing (Across Site)

Herring Gull - 20 (River Wear)

Tufted Duck - 8 + 2 Ducklings (Reservoir)

Graylag Goose - 1 + 5 Juv (Reservoir)

Shoveler - 1 (Reservoir)

Shelduck - 2 Adults + 2 Ducklings (Reservoir)

Reed Warbler - 1 Singing (Filter Reedbed)

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