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Wildlife Sightings - 05/03/20

Wildlife Sightings -  05/03/20

Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake
AM
Water Level - High

Shelduck - 43
Herring Gull - 21
Lapwing - 22
Shoveler - 7 (5 males, 2 female)
Wigeon - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Gadwall - 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Osyter Catcher - 1
Common Snipe - 1
Cormorant (fishing) - 1
Black Headed Gull - 250
Canada Goose - 8


Saline Lagoon

Oyster Catcher - 1


Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch - 2
Great Tit 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 (male)
Blue Tit - 7
Coal Tit - 4
Chaffinch - 5
Dunnock - 2
Long Tailed Tit - 4
Blackbird - 1 (male)


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Goldfinch (Staff Car Park) - 3
Song Thrush (Amphibian Pond) - 1
Redshank (River Wear) - 2
Tufted Duck (River Wear) - 30
Jay (Hawthorn Wood) - 2


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Roe Deer - (Dragonfly Ponds) - 3

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