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Wildlife Sightings - 06/092023

Wildlife Sightings - 06/092023

Weather: overcast
River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Curlew - 7

Jackdaw - 40

Redshank - 54

Lapwing - 179

Teal - 77

Black-tailed Godwit - 7

Grey Heron - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 (in heron hedge

Shoveler - 5

Greylag - 4
Ruff - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Goldfinch - 3 + 2 juvenile

Chaffinch - 5

Coal Tit - 1

Blue Tit - 3

Great Tit - 5

Dunnock - 1

Mallard - 1 + 3 juvenile

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Bullfinch - 2 (Wader lake footpath)

Goldfinch - 3 (Wader lake footpath)

Grey Heron - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Lapwing - 17 (Saline lagoon)

Teal - 8 (Saline lagoon)

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Flora/Fungi:

Common Puffball - 200 (Middle Wood)

Giant Puffball - 1 (Middle Wood)

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