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Wildlife sightings - 16/07/18

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Common sandpiper 1

Lapwing 21

Avocet 29 (12 ad + 17 juveniles)

Greylag 1

Pied wagtail 4

Redshank 21

Grey heron 6 (juv)

Little ringed plover 4 (2 ad + 2 chicks)

Saline Lagoon (flooded)

Lapwing 11

Hawthorn Wood

Nuthatch 1

Willow tit 2

Great spotted woodpecker 2

Robin 3

Other birds

Kingfisher - 1 - Whitehead pen

Herring gull - 9 - River Wear

Mute swan - 2 - River Wear

Chiffchaff - 6 - Middle Wood

Common Whitethroat - 1 - Gully

Common Whitethroat - 1 - Wader Lake Footpath

Other wildlife and flora

Common Darter

Ringlet butterfly

Bristly ox-tongue

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