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Wildlife Sightings - 12/08/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 12/08/2023

Weather: overcast

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Teal - 18

Shoveler - 3 + 2

Gadwall - 3

Avocet - 20 ( 4 were juvenile)

Shelduck - 1 juvenile

Black-tailed Godwit - 2

Common Tern - 3

Grey Heron - 10

Black-headed Gull - 2

Ruff - 3

Lapwing - 87

Kestrel - 1 Juvenile

Hawthorn wood:

Goldfinch - 4 + 2 juvenile

Bullfinch - 3 Juvenile

Blue tit - 5

Chaffinch - 3

Greenfinch - 1 + 1

Greater-spotted woodpecker - 1 Juvenile

Coal tit - 1

Dunnock - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Lapwing - 31 (Saline lagoon)

Mallard - 6 (Saline Lagoon)

Grey Heron - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Goldfinch - 5 (The Lookout)

Bullfinch - 2 (The Lookout)

Greenfinch - 1 (The Lookout)