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Wildlife Sightings - 17/07/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 17/07/2022

Weather: Cool, Overcast, Light rain

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader Lake:

Lapwing - 55+3

Black-headed Gull - 125+3+84

Snipe - 2

Wood Sandpiper - 1

Common Tern - 102+5+52

Shelduck - 1+21

Teal - 4

Avocet - 50+16

Mallard - 5+11

Tufted duck - 2+3

Curlew - 2

Oystercatcher - 4

Grey Heron - 4+2

Redshank - 12

Black-tailed Godwit - 10

Saline Lagoon:

Mute Swans - 2

Lapwing - 5

Reed Bunting - 1

Lesser-blacked backed Gull - 1

Mallard - 3

Other birds noted around site:

Curlew - 1 (River wear)

Lapwing - 5 (River wear)

Redshank - 4 (River Wear)

White throat - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Willow Warbler - 3 (Middle wood)

Chiff chaff - 2 (Hawthorn wood)

Long-tailed Tit - 3 (Hawthorn wood)

Reed Warbler - 1 (Wader Lake)

Hawthorn wood:

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Greenfinch - 3

Lookout Feeding Station:

Bullfinch - 3+2

Greenfinch - 1

Chaffinch - 3

Great Tit - 7

Blue tit - 5

Other wildlife species noted around site:

Mammal:

Hedgehog (Lookout)