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Wildlife Sightings - 07/07/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 07/07/2023

Weather: bright / sunny

River wear tide level: high

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 39

Shelduck - 5 + 17 ducklings

Common Tern - 111 + 13 chicks

Black-headed Gull - 145 + 18 chicks

Oystercatcher - 4

Curlew - 1

Lapwing - 22

Jackdow - 1

Grey Heron - 9

Herring Gull - 1

Hawthorn wood:

Nuthatch - 1

Great tit - 3 + 6 juvenile

Great spotted Woodpecker - 2 juvenile

Magpie - 1

Blue tit - 2 juvenile

Goldfinch - 2

Stock Dove - 1

Chaffinch - 2

Other birds noted around site:

Common Tern - 2 (River wear)

Black-headed Gull - 6 (River wear)

Herring Gull - 25 (River wear)

Tufted duck - 1 + 4 ducklings (River wear)

Magpie - 1 (The Lookout)

Bullfinch - 2 (The Lookout)

Robin - 1 (The Lookout)

Chaffinch - 3 (The Lookout)

Stock Dove - 1 (The Lookout)

Swallow -1 (Saline Lagoon)

House Martin - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Black-headed Gull - 3 (Saline Lagoon)

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