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Wildlife Sightings - 1/09/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 1/09/2022

Weather: Overcast/ Breezy

River Wear tide Level: high

A.M

Wader Lake:

Black-tailed Gadwit - 18

Curlew - 21

Redshank - 51

Greenshank - 2

Lapwing - 96

Avocet - 5

Common Snipe - 6

Ruff - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Common Tern - 6

Teal - 32

Black-headed Gull - 58

Saline Lagoon:

Lapwing - 5

Teal - 16

Herring Gull - 3

Other Birds noted around site:

Jay - 2 (Spring Gill Wood)

Blackcap - 2 (Amphibian pond / Wader lake path)

Kestrel - 1 (Dragon fly pond)

Jay - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Hawthorn wood:

Greenfinch - 2

Coal tit - 1

Chaffinch - 3

Blue tit - 2

Great tit - 1

Lookout Feeding Station:

Bullfinch - 5

Chaffinch - 2

Blue tit - 3

Great tit - 2

Robin - 1

Other wildlife species spotted on site:

Invertebrates:

Migrant Hawker

Speckled wood

22-spot lady bird