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Wildlife Sightings - 05/05/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 05/05/2020

Weather: Light rain / sunny

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake - AM - Mid water level

Avocet 40 (10 nesting)

Lapwing 18

Oystercatcher 2 (1 nesting)

Little ringed plover 2

Redshank 4

Black tailed godwit 1

Curlew 1

Grey heron 34

Common tern 3

Black headed gull 32

House martin 2

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 4

Oystercatcher 2

Shoveler 1 (male)

Grey heron 2

Hawthorn Wood

Stock dove 1

Great spotted woodpecker 2 (male & female)

Nuthatch 1

Bullfinch 4

Willow tit 1

Other birds noted around site

Tawny owl (3 chicks in nest + 1 adult nearby)

Kingfisher (Wader Lake) 1

Sparrowhawk (staff car park) 1 male

Linnet (Lagoon Hide roof) 2

Swallow (Lagoon meadow) 3