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Wildlife sightings - 16/08/18

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Avocet 10 ad + 2 juv

Black-tailed godwit 7

Common snipe 8

Redshank 24

Lapwing 230

Oystercatcher 1

Common sandpiper 1

Little ringed plover 2

Common tern 12

Pied wagtail 2

Black-headed gull 110

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing 9

Teal 6

Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch 5

Great tit 9

Blue tit 11

Nuthatch 1

Blackbird 1

Goldfinch 6

Robin 1

Chaffinch 8

Coal tit 2

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Other birds

Song thrush - 1 - South Wood

Woodpigeon - 2 - South Wood

Tufted duck - 12 - Reservoir

Mute swan - 1 - River Wear

Swallow - 1 - River Wear

Grey heron - 2 - River Wear

Lesser black-backed gulls - Wader Lake

Other wildlife and flora

Common darter dragonfly

Blue-tailed damselfly

Small white butterfly

Ladies bedstraw

Fleabane

Hop trefoil

Mouse-ear

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