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Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Very Low

Avocet - 16 + 11 young

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Oystercatcher - 2

Redshank - 1

Lapwing - 9 + 4 young

Common Tern (85 nests) - 102

Shelduck - 15 + 12 young

Grey Heron - 26

Gadwall - 4

Tufted Duck - 21

 

Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/Very Low

Oystercatcher - 1

Shelduck - 6

Gadwall - 2

 

Hawthorn Wood

Jay - 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2

Willow Tit - 2

Reed Bunting - 1

Goldfinch - 3

Greenfinch - 3

 

Other Birds

Lesser Black-backed Gull (River Wear) - pair

Reed Warbler (filter reedbed) - 4

Blackcap (north wood) - 2

Common Whitethroat (wader lake footpath) - 3

 

Other Wildlife Species

Mammals:

Grey Squirrels in North wood - 4

Hawthorn Wood - 2

Old Watchtower - 2

 

Amphibians:

Tadpoles

 

Invertebrates:

Speckled Wood

Orange Tip

 

Flora:

Northern Marsh Orchid

Spotted Orchid

Ragged Robin

Ox Eye Daisy

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