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wildlife Sightings - 18/05/2022

wildlife Sightings - 18/05/2022

Weather: Sunny

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 43

Shelduck - 48

Tufted duck - 12

Grey Heron - 33

Black-tailed Godwit - 1

Blach-headed Gull - 80

Common tern - 76

Lapwing - 9

Shoverler - 1

Redshank - 3

Lesser black-backed Gull - 3

Kestrel - 1

Canada Goose - 8

Saline lagoon:

Gadwall - 2

Avocet - 5

Shelduck - 1

Shoveler - 1

Black-headed Gull - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Sedge Warbler - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Willow Warbler - 3 (Wader lake footpath)

Blackcap - 1 (Middle wood)

Mute Swan - 2 (River Wear)

Jay - 1 (River Reedbed)

ChiffChaff - 1 (North wood)

Hawthorn wood:

Reed Bunting - 1

Coal tit - 2

Bullfinch - 2

Lookout feeding station:

Great spotted woodpecker - 1

Bullfinch - 2

Other wildlife spotted around site:

Mammals:

Greylag Goose - 1

Pied wagtail - 1