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Wildlife Sightings 18/07/2023

Wildlife Sightings 18/07/2023

Weather: Light rain

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Shelduck - 14 (12 juv.)
Avocet - 40
Grey heron - 6
Black-headed Gull - 73 (11 juv.)
Teal - 4
Curlew - 4
Common tern - 13
Black-tailed godwit - 8
Ruff - 3
Redshank - 1
Lapwing - 75
Med x BH Gull - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 4
Chaffinch - 5
Blue tit - 5
Great tit - 8
Dunnock - 2
Stock Dove - 2
G.S. Woodpecker - 1 (juv.)

River Wear

Lesser black-backed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 7
Black-headed Gull - 32 (2 juv.)
Cormorant - 3
Curlew - 1
Redshank - 4

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 8
Reed Warbler - 1
Carrion Crow - 4
Reed Bunting - 3