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wildlife Sightings -17 /01/2022

wildlife Sightings -17 /01/2022

Weather: Sunny / Frosty

Windspeed: low

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Shelduck - 10

Mallard - 6

Shoveler - 5

Teal - 3

Mute swan - 1

Black-headed Gulls - 68

Lapwing - 16

Coot - 2

Herring Gulls - 51

Buzzard - 1

Wigeon - 2

Moorhen - 4

Saline lagoon:


Other birds noted around site:

Goosander - 5 (River wear)

Redshank - 4 ( River wear)

Grey heron - 2 (River Wear)

Geat spotted woodpecker - 1 (Lagoon footpath)

Towney Owl - 2 ( Hawthorn wood)

Hawthorn wood:

Bullfinch - 8

Dunnock - 1

Jay - 1

Robin - 3

Blue tits - 4

Long-tailed tits - 2

Great tits - 3

Lookout feeding station:

Bullfinch - 9

Chaffinch - 4

Greenfinch - 1

Long-tailed tits - 2

Treecreeper - 1

Great spotted woodpecker - 1



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