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Wildlife Sightings 16/1/20

Wildlife Sightings 16/1/20

Weather: Sunny

Wind Speed: Gentle Winds

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake

Black Headed Gull - 79
Tufted Duck- 1 (male)
Shelduck- 14
Herring Gull- 7
Teal- 6 (4 male, 2 female)
Grey Heron- 1
Curlew- 2
Mute Swan- 2

Saline Lagoon

Grey Heron- 1
Shelduck -2
Teal- 46 (29 male, 17 female)

Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch - 4 (3m,1f)
Coal tit - 4
Goldfinch - 1
Robin - 2
Great tit - 3
Blue tit - 12
Dunnock - 1
Chaffinch - 1

Other birds noted around site

Fieldfare (Spring Gill Wood) - 1
Grey Wagtail (Spring Gill Wood) - 2
Bullfinch (Wader Lake footpath) - 3












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