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Wildlife Sightings 17/07/2021

Wildlife Sightings 17/07/2021

Weather: hot sunny

River Wear Tide Level: high

A.M

Water level: mid

Wader Lake:

Avocel - 6

common tern - 98

Black headed gull - 62

Oystercatcher - 4

Redshank - 4

Lapwing - 200

Black tailed godwit - 3

Wigeon - 1

Shelduck - 15

Saline Lagoon:

Oystercatcher - 2

Lapwing - 9

Common sandpiper - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Other birds noted around site:

kestrel (north wood) - 1

Goldfinch (wader lake path) - 5

Mute swan (river wear) - 2

Hawthorn wood:

willow tit - 2

Blue tit - 2

Coal - 2

Great tit - 4

Chaffinch - 3

Lookout feeding station:

Blue tit - 1

Bullfinch - 1

Chaffinch - 2

Robin - 2

Dunnock - 1


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