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Wildlife Sightings - 01/05/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 01/05/2020

Weather: Part sunny / overcast

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake - AM - MID

Avocet 40

Lapwing 21

Redshank 7

Oystercatcher 4

Common snipe 1

Common sandpiper 1

Black tailed godwit 2

Curlew 1

Whimbrel 1

Gadwall 5 (3 male, 2 female)

Shoveler 6 (5 male, 1 female)

Common tern 6

Black headed gull 32

Herring gull 3

Lesser black backed gull 2

Swallow 5

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 2

Lesser black backed gull 2

Gadwall 1 (male)

Shoveler 1 (male)

Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch 2

Great spotted woodpecker 1 (male)

Willow tit 2

Other birds noted around site

Mute swan (River Wear) 3

Kingfisher (Window on the Wear) 1

Tawny owl 2 chicks


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