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Wildlife Sightings - 10/10/2021

Wildlife Sightings - 10/10/2021
Weather: bright/ sunny

Wind speed: low

River wear tide level: high

A.M

Wader lake:

Water rail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 1

Buzzard - 1

Redshank - 6

Curlew - 1

Shoveler - 1

Teal - 93

Black-headed Gull - 7

Moorhen - 11

Saline lagoon:

Grey Heron - 1

Teal - 20

Redshank - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Mute swan - 1( River wear)

Chiffchaff - 1 ( Wader lake path)

Hawthorn wood:

Sparrowhawk - 1

Dunnock - 1

Coal tit - 2

Robin - 3

Chaffinch - 6

Magpie - 2

Lookout feeding station:

Stock Dove - 1

Willow tit - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Bullfinch - 3

Great tit - 3

Blue tit - 3

Other wildlife species around site:

Mammals:

Roe dear - 1 ( Hidden meadow)

Weasel ( Hawthorn wood)

Invertebrates:

Common Green Shield bug - 4 (Wader lake path)

22 Spot ladybird (Wader lake path)