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wildlife Sightings - 13/03/2022

wildlife Sightings - 13/03/2022
Weather: overcast

Wind speed: light

River wear tide level: mid

A.M

Wader lake:

Shelduck - 40

Wigeon - 4

Teal - 6

Tufted duck - 15

Shoveler - 5

Gadwall - 6

Lapwing - 14 ( 11 on meadow)

Oystercatcher - 2

Redshank - 1

Mute Swan - 2

Greylag - 22

Canada Goose - 26

Herring Gulls - 86

Lesser black-backed Gull - 1

Black-headed Guls - 128

Saline lagoon:

Redshank - 3

Greylag - 7

Shelduck - 2

Teal - 29

Other birds noted around site:

Grey Heron - 24 (Heron Hedge)

ChiffChaff - 1 (Slick gill Meadow)

Willow Warbler - 1 (Amphibian pond)

Goldcrest - 1 (Amphibian pond)

Buzzard - 1 (Dragon fly pond)

Song Thrush - 1 (Wader lake path)

Kestrel - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Hawthorn wood:

Long-tailed tits - 2

Willow tit - 1

Coal tits - 2

Dunnock - 3

Nuthatch - 1

Bullfinch - 6

Lookout feeding station:

Nuthatch - 1

Great tits - 3

Chaffinch - 2

Blue tits - 3

Bullfinch - 2

Robin - 2

Other wildlife species spotted around site:

Mammals:

Roe Deer - 2


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