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Wildlife Sightings-06/08/2022

Wildlife Sightings-06/08/2022

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 13
Oystercatcher - 4
Lapwing - 60
Black-tailed godwit - 20
Dunlin - 1
Green Sandpiper - 1
Curlew - 9
Grey heron (1 nest building) - 7
Common Gull - 1
LBB Gull - 2
BH Gull - 96
Common Tern - 29

Saline Lagoon Species

Lapwing - 33

Hawthorn Wood Species

Blackcap - 1
GS Woodpecker - 4
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Greenfinch - 10
Long-tailed tit - 4

Other birds noted

Chiffchaff Lagoon Footpath - 2
Willow Warbler Play Area - 1
Common Whitethroat Gully - 1
Reed Warbler Lagoon Reedbed - 1
Kingfisher (m) Lagoon - 1

Invertebrates

Peacock 2
Comma 2
Small Tortoiseshell 1
Red admiral 1
Butterfly Bush Outside of Office

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