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Wildlife Sightings 1/2/2020

Wildlife Sightings 1/2/2020

Weather: Bright & Sunny

Wind Speed: Quite Windy

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Curlew - 36
Tufted Duck - 3
Lapwing - 8
Shelduck - 41
Teal - 11
Wigeon (1m, 1f) -2
Redshank - 1
Herring Gull - 12
Black Headed Gull - 119
Mute Swan - 2

Saline Lagoon

Grey Heron - 1
Teal - 50
Shelduck - 2

Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch - 1
Long tailed tits - 3
Reed Bunting (m) - 1
GS Woodpecker (2f) - 2
Bullfinch - 5
Chaffinch - 8
Blue tit - 11
Great tit - 5
Coal tit - 2
Willow tit - 1

Other birds noted around site

Grey Heron (Heron Hedge) - 16
Dunnock (Wader Lake Path) - 1
Robin (Wader Lake Path) - 1
Wren (Wader Lake Path) - 1
Greylag (Reservoir) - 1
Gadwall (m) (Reservoir) - 1
Song Thrush (Hollowood) - 1


























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