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Wildlife Sightings 25/07/2023

Wildlife Sightings 25/07/2023

Weather: Cloudy

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Canalag - 1
Avocet - 31
Lesser black-backed Gull - 2
Shelduck - 1 + 7 juv.
Greylag - 1
Black-headed Gull (78 ad.,6 juv., 1 chick) - 85
Lapwing - 205
Redshank - 26
Common tern - 8
Grey heron - 12
Curlew - 6
Swallow - 5
Oystercatcher - 1

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 4
Redshank - 1
Tufted Duck - 1

River Wear

Herring Gull - 3
Lesser black-backed Gull - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Chaffinch - 9
GS Woodpecker - 3
Coal tit - 1
Long-tailed tit - 1
Bullfinch - 4
Robin - 2
Great tit - 5
Blue tit - 3
Stock Dove - 2


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