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Wildlife Sightings - 09/08/2021

Wildlife Sightings - 09/08/2021

Monday - AM

Water Level: Mid/Low

Weather: Overcast, mild


Wader Lake


Teal - 8

Black Headed Gull (adult + juvenile) - 51

Mallard (inc. 6 juvenile) - 12

Shelduck (juvenile) - 6

Avocet - 6

Black Tailed Godwit - 5

Common Tern (inc. 2 chicks) - 6

Redshank - 1

Curlew - 3

Lapwing - 15

Snipe - 3


Saline Lagoon


Mallard - 4

Teal - 4


Other Birds Noted Around Site


Cormorant (River Wear) - 1

Mute Swan (River Wear) - 2


Hawthorn Wood


Great Spotted Woodpecker - 11

Blue Tit - 4

Robin (1 adult + 2 juvenile) - 3

Great Tit - 4

Coal Tit - 3

Nuthatch - 1

Dunnock - 1


Lookout Feeding Station


Bullfinch - 3

Willow Tits -

Blue Tit - 4

Great Tit - 4

Robin - 1

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