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Wildlife Sightings - 04/08/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 04/08/2022

Weather: Overcast

River wear tide level: very High

A.M

Wader lake:

Lapwing - 166

Black-tailed Godwit - 21

Shelduck - 4

Lesser-black backed Gull - 4

Teal - 6

Grey Heron - 4+1

Greylag Goose - 13

Sedge Warbler - 1

Avocet - 18+1

Black-headed Gull - 148+16

Common Tern - 20+11

Oystercatcher - 4+1

Redshank - 50

Saline Lagoon:

Red Shank - 1

Lapwing - 8

Oystercatcher - 1

Other Birds noted around site:

Dunlin - 1 (Wader Lake)

Curlew - 16 (Wader lake)

Willow Warbler - 2 (Wader lake)

Kestrel - 2 (Wader lake)

Mute Swan - 2 (River wear)

Hawthorn wood:

Great-Spotted Woodpecker - 1+3

Bullfinch - 4+1

Coal tit - 1

Robin - 1

Lookout Feeding Station:

Blue tit - 4

Chaffinch - 2

Other Wildlife Species spotted around Ground:

Invertebrates:

cabbage white

Meadow brown

(Across site)

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