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Wildlife Sightings - 07/02/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 07/02/2020

Weather: Overcast/ Dull
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake
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Water Level: High

Shelduck- 22
Canada Goose- 9
Wigeon- 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Shoveler- 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Lapwing- 53
Black- Headed Gull- 35
Herring Gull- 6

Hawthorn Wood
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Nuthatch- 1
Dunnock- 1
Coal Tit- 3
Robin- 4
Lesser Redpoll- 2
Chaffinch- 5 (2 male, 3 female)
Bullfinch- 11 (6 male, 5 female)
Willow Tit- 1
Blue Tit- 9
Black Bird- 2
Great Tit- 5

Other Birds Noted Around Site
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Song Thrush (Outside Grounds Office)- 1
Kestrel (Old Oak Meadow) - 1
Black- Headed Gull (River Wear) - 600+
Goosander (River Wear)- 5 (4 male, 1 female)
Common Snipe (River Wear)- 1
Mute Swan (River Wear)- 2

Other Wildlife Spotted Around Site
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Roe Deer (Old Oak Meadow)- 6 (3 male, 3 female)




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