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wildlife Sightings - 05/12/2021

wildlife Sightings - 05/12/2021
Weather: Heavy Rain

Wind speed: Low / mod

River Wear tide level:low

A.M

Wader lake:

Shoverer - 7

Shelduck - 4

Teal - 40

Mallard - 76

Mute swan - 2

Lapwing - 3

Great black backed Gull - 5

Herring Gulls - 34

Black headed Gulls - 11

Saline Lagoon:

Shelduch - 2

Black headed Gull - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Redshank - 1 (River wear)

Grey Heron - 1 (Forgotten meadow)

Redwing - 3 (Hawthorn wood scrub)

Towny Owl - 1 (Hawthorn Wood)

Goldcrest - 1 (South wood)

Great spotted woodpecker - 1 (South Wood)

Hawthorn wood:

Coal tit - 4

Chaffinch - 23

Blue tit - 15

Black bird - 2

Bullfinch - 6

Stock dove - 1

Lookout feeding station:

Willow tit - 1

Bullfinch - 1

Robin - 2

Dunnock - 1

Chaffinch - 6

Great tit - 3

Other wildlife species nothed around site:

Mammals:

Roe Deer - 3