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Wildlife Sightings - 12/05/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 12/05/2020

Weather: Overcast

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake - AM - Low water level

Avocet 36

Lapwing 18

Oystercatcher 3

Redshank 5

Curlew 1

Little ringed plover 1

Common tern 35

Black headed gull 44

Herring gull 2

Lesser black backed gull 1

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 2

Grey wagtail 1

Gadwall 6 (5 male, 1 female)

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 1

Great spotted woodpecker 1 (male)

Nuthatch 1

Bullfinch 3

Other birds noted around site

Mute swan (Round Table Ponds) 1

Tawny owl (Hawthorn Wood) 3 chicks (1 in nest box, 2 in trees)

Common whitethroat (Wader Lake footpath) 3

Reed warbler (Round Table Ponds) 3

Sedge Warbler (Round Table Ponds) 2

Mute swan (Round Table Ponds) 2

Other wildlife species around site

Mammals:

Grey seal on River Wear