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Wildlife Sightings - 15/09/20

Wildlife Sightings - 15/09/20

Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Still
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Low

Lapwing - 119
Black-tailed Godwit - 2
Curlew - 2
Snipe - 1
Mute Swan - 1
Shoveler - Pair
Teal - 21
Stock Dove - 4


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Low

Little Egret - 1
Kingfisher - 1
Snipe - 1
Lapwing - 11
Grey Wagtail - 1 (male)


Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch - 9
Great Tit - 4
Dunnock - 1


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Buzzard (Spring Gill Wood) - 1 (bathing/drinking)
Reed Bunting (Amphibian Ponds) - 7
Nuthatch (The Lookout) - 1
Great Tit (The Lookout) - 4
Coal Tit (The Lookout) - 2
Robin (The Lookout) - 3
Jay (Middle Wood) - Heard
Grey Wagtail (Stream Channel) - 1


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Invertebrates:
Large White (Wader Lake footpath)
Speckled Wood (Wader Lake footpath)

Flora/Fungi:
Shaggy Inkcap (Lagoon Meadow edge)