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Wildlife Sightings- 15/05/2022

Wildlife Sightings- 15/05/2022

Weather: sun

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 35

Mallard - 8

Oystercatcher - 3

Swallow - 1

Tuffted duck - 4

Gadwall - 1

Shelduck - 4

Canada goose - 21

Black headed Gull - 64

Shoveler - 4

Grey Heron - 18

Greylag goose - 4

Common tern - 28

Saline Lagoon:

Lapwing - 1

Shoveler - 1

Mallard - 2

Black headed Gulls - 3

Other birds noted around site:

Comman white Throat - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Sedge Warble - 1 (Amphibian ponds)

Sedge Warble - 3 (WWT SITE )

Curlew - 6 ( Flying over)

Lesser black backed - 3 (River wear)

Hawthorn wood:

Bullfinch - 4

Reed Bunting - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Coal tit - 1

Dunnock - 1

Magpie - 2

Robin - 4

Blur tit - 2

Lookout feeding station:

Robin - 2

Black bird - 1

Bullfinch - 4

Great tit - 1

Great spotted woodpecker - 1( Flying)

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