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Wildlife Sightings - 17/08/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 17/08/2022

Weather: Bright / Sunny

River Wear tide level: High

A.M

Wader lake:

Black tailed Gadwit - 13

Red Shank - 26

Oystercatcher - 2

Lesser black backed Gull - 2

Avocet - 11

Swallow - 3

Common Tern - 38

Lapwing - 85

Dunin - 1

Curlew - 21

Black-headed Gull - 50

Teal - 3

Saline Lagoon:

Curlew - 1

Mallard - 23

Lapwing - 26

Other Birds Spotted around site:

Wood Pigeon - 2 (North wood)

Goldfinch - 10 (Hidden Meadow)

Common Tern - 1 (River Wear)

Herring Gull - 52 (River Wear)

Grey Heron - 1 (River Wear)

Blackcap - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Long-tailed Tit - 4 (Wader lake footpath)

Hawthorn Wood:

Great-Spotted Woodpecker - 1+1

Bullfinch - 3

Goldfinch - 1

Greenfinch - 3

Nuthatch - 1

Coal Tit - 2

Lookout feeding station:

Chaffinch - 3

Blue Tit - 2

Great Tit - 1

Bullfinch - 2

Phesant - 1

Other Wildlife Species Noted around site:

Invertebrates:

Common Douter (Several) (ovipositoming) (Amphibian pond)

Meadow Brown - 1 (Inner Circle)