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Wildlife Sightings - 13/08/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 13/08/2023

Weather: cloudy

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Teal - 2

Shelduck - 1 juvenile

Avocet - 18

Shoveler - 4

Gadwall - 2

Black-tailed Godwit - 1

Black-headed Gull - 1

Lapwing - 221

Common Tern - 2 + 1 juvenile

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 1

Curlew - 1

Hawthorn wood:

Greenfinch - 1

Goldfinch - 2

Chaffinch - 4

Bullfinch - 2

Dunnock - 1

Coal tit - 2

Great tit - 4

Blue tit - 3

Tree creeper - 1

Other birds noted on site:

Ruff - 2 (Wader lake)

Swallow - 3 (Wader lake)

Goldfinch - 50+ (Corner meadow)

Cormorant - 2 (River wear)

Grey Heron - 3 (River wear)

Redshank - 1 (River wear)

Black-headed Gull - 55 (River wear)

Curlew - 1 (River wear)

Lapwing - 2 (River wear)

Lesser black-backed Gull - 1 (River wear)

Herring Gull - 7 (River wear)

Lapwing - 4 (Saline lagoon)

Tufted duck - 5 (Reservoir)

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