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Wildlife Sightings 17/08/2023

Wildlife Sightings 17/08/2023

Weather: Cloudy

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Greylag Goose - 3
Shoveler - 12
Avocet - 26
Black-tailed godwit - 2
Gadwall - 3
Teal - 2
Black-headed Gull - 18
Grey heron - 5
Lapwing - 235
Common Sandpiper - 1
Canada goose - 6
Redshank - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 5
Goldfinch - 6
Greenfinch - 2
Stock Dove - 2
Great tit - 4
Blue tit - 5
Coal tit - 2
GS Woodpecker - 1
Nuthatch - 1

Hidden Meadow

Kestrel - 1

River Wear

Redshank - 1
Grey heron - 2
Oystercatcher - 3
Lesser black-backed gull - 2

Reservoir

Tufted Duck - 5

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 4

The Lookout

Bullfinch - 2
Goldfinch - 5
Chaffinch - 3
Great tit - 2
Dunnock - 1


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