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Wildlife Sightings - 25/07/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 25/07/2022

Weather: Overcast/ light rain

River Wear Tide Level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Tufted duck - 1+1

Shelduck - 11

Common Tern - 19+9+48

Teal - 1

Grey Heron - 2+1

Black-headed Gull - 75+29

Wood Sandpiper - 1

Avocet - 41+10

Lapwing - 75

Curlew - 3

Black-tailed Gadwit - 10+1

Saline Lagoon:

Lapwing - 24

Canada Goose - 6

Black-headed Gull -2

Other birds noted around site:

Kestrel - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Wren - 1 (Middle wood)

Blackcap - 1 (Middle wood)

Willow Warbler - 3+2 ( Middle wood)

Hawthorn wood:

Great-spotted woodpecker - 1+2

Bullfinch - 2

Coal tit - 2

Lookout feeding station:

Bullfinch - 1

Great-spotted woodpecker - 1 (Singing)



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