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Wildlife Sightings- 03/07/2022

Wildlife Sightings- 03/07/2022

Weather: Overcast /slight breeze

River wear tide level: High

A.M

Wader Lake:

Avocet - 32+14 chicks

Teal - 4

Lapwing - 6+4 Chicks

Common Tern - 73+18 Chicks

Black-headed Gull - 77+20 Chicks

Gadwall - 2

Shelduck - 5+15 Chicks

Grey Heron - 12

Tufted duck - 1

Mallard - 5+17 Chicks

Oystercatcher - 4+1 Chick

Red shank - 7+1 Chick

Black-tailed Godwit - 1

Saline Lagoon:

Shelduck - 2+5 Chicks

Lapwing - 35

Oystercatcher - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Swallow - 1 (Hidden meadow)

Reed warbler - 2 (Wader Lake)

Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)

Hawthorn wood:

Bullfinch - 4

Chaffinch - 3

Robin - 3

Dunnock - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Lookout Feeding station:

Chaffinch - 2

Bullfinch - 3

Great tit - 3

Blue tit - 1

Other wildlife species around site:

Mammals:

Roe deer - 1

Invertebrates:

Ringlet ocrossile

Meadow brown acrossile