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Wildlife Sightings - 17/11/20

Wildlife Sightings - 17/11/20

Weather: Overcast
Wind Speed: Breezy
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid

Teal - 110
Shelduck - 11
Curlew - 2
Grey Heron - 4
Wood Pigeon (meadow) - 26


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Low

Kingfisher - 1


The Lookout

Robin - 1
Bullfinch - 1 male
Chaffinch - 1 male, 2 female
Coal Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 1
Great Tit - 5
Nuthatch - 1
Redwing (scrub behind lookout) - 1


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Kestrel (Wader Lake footpath) - 1 male
Buzzard (flying low over River Wear) - 1
Sparrowhawk (over River Wear) - 1
Long-tailed Tit (Hollowood) - 3
Nuthatch (Hawthorn Wood) - 2
Wren (Hawthorn Wood) - 1
Willow Tit (Hawthorn Wood) - 1


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