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Wildlife Sightings - 14/05/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 14/05/2020

Weather: Sunny

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake - AM - Low water level

Avocet 36

Lapwing 14

Oystercatcher 3

Redshank 3

Little ringed plover 1

Curlew 1

Common tern 86

Black headed gull 68

Herring gull 3 (2 adult + 1 first summer)

Lesser black backed gull 1

Jackdaw 10

Saline Lagoon

Common sandpiper 1

Shelduck 6

Avocet 1

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 4 (2 male, 2 female)

Nuthatch 1

Willow tit 1

Bullfinch 5

Jay 1

Other birds noted around site

Grey heron 54 (site count) 20 adult, 23 juvenile, 11 chicks

Herring gull (River Wear near Saline Lagoon) 28

Cormorant (River Wear) 1

Mute swan (River Wear) 2

Swift (East Downs) 1

Other wildlife species around site

Invertebrates:

Small white

Speckled wood

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