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Wildlife Sightings - 17/10/19

Wildlife Sightings - 17/10/19

Weather: Clear, sunny
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid

Teal - 51
Shoveler - 6 (4 male & 2 female)
Black-headed Gull - 78
Shelduck - 3
Snipe - 3
Lapwing - 1


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Mid

Teal - 21
Black-headed Gull - 4


Hawthorn Wood

Willow Tit - 1
Coal Tit - 2
Robin - 1
Bullfinch - 1 male
Greenfinch - 2 (1 male & 1 female)
Goldfinch - 3 (2 juvenile)
Chaffinch - 3 (2 male & 1 female)
Great Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 3
Sparrowhawk - 1


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Robin (Wader Lake footpath) - 2
Sparrowhawk (reserve orchard) - 1 male
Tufted Duck (reservoir) - 26

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