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Wildlife Sightings - 14/08/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 14/08/2023

Weather: Rain

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 18

Grey Heron - 11

Black-tailed Godwit - 1

Shoveler - 5

Gadwall - 6

Common Tern - 4

Teal - 8

Ruff - 3

Black-headed Gull - 2

Shelduck - 1 juvenile

Lapwing - 114

Canada Goose - 2

Hawthorn wood:

Chaffinch - 7

Goldfinch - 3

Coal tit - 1

Greenfinch - 3

Dunnock - 1

Robin - 2

Great - 3

Blue tit - 4

Bullfinch - 3

Other birds noted around site:

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Grey Heron - 1 (River wear)

Black-headed Gull - 65 (River wear)

Herring Gull - 4 (River wear)

Curlew - 1 (River wear)

Lesser black-backed Gull - 2 (River wear)

Oystercatcher - 3 ( River wear)

Reed Warbler - 1 (Saline lagoon)

Lapwing - 2 (Saline lagoon)

Tufted duck - 6 (Reservoir)