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Wildlife sightings - 10/08/2023

Wildlife sightings - 10/08/2023

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Avocet 13

Teal 23

Shelduck 7 juvenile

Grey heron 12

Black-tailed godwit 2

Curlew 9

Lapwing 341

Redshank 19

Black-headed gull 12 (6 juvenile)

Common tern 1

Ruff 4

Greylag 1

Hawthorn Wood

Moorhen 3 ad + 2 chicks

Mallard 1 + 4 ducklings

Bullfinch 1

Chaffinch 4

Goldfinch 1 + 1 juvenile

Robin 1 juvenile

Other birds

Cormorant - 2 - River Wear

Grey heron - 1 - Saline Lagoon

Sedge warbler - 1 - Saline Lagoon

Mallard - 28 - Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - Saline Lagoon

Greylag - 5 - River Wear

Goldfinch - 5 - Wader Lake footpath

Invertebrates

Small tortoiseshell