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wildlife Sightings - 14/08/2021

wildlife Sightings - 14/08/2021

Weather: sunny/ overcast Wind Speed: mid River Wear Tide Level: High

A.M

Wader lake:

Redshank - 40

Avocet - 4

Common terns - 6

Herons - 7

Snipe - 2

Lapwings - 8

Curlew - 12

Black headed gull - 36

Shell duck - 2

Saline Lagoon:

Black headed gulls - 12

Tufted duck - 8

Other birds noted around site:

Mute swan - 2 (river)

Common terns - 6 (river)

Coots - 2 ( filred reed bed)

Tufted duck - 8 (filter reed bed)

Hawthorn wood:

Reed bunting - 1

Green finch - 2

Bull finch - 6

Chaffing - 2

Great spotted wood - 2

Coal - 3

Lookout fedding station:

Blue tit - 4

Great spotted woodpeaker - 1

Blue tit - 4

Great tit - 2

Robin - 1

Other wildlife species aroud site:

Mammals:

Roe deer (Hidde meadow)

Invertebrates:

Small whites

Speckled wood



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