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Wildlife sightings - 20/07/2018

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Avocet 26 (12 adults + 14 young)

Little egret 1

Shelduck 3 (2 adults + 1 young)

Northern shoveller 6 ( 1 adult + 5 young)

Tufted duck 2 (1 adult + 1 young)

Little ringed plover 3 (2 adults + 1 young)

Common tern 61

Redshank 32

Curlew 1

Snipe 2

Lapwing 22

Hawthorn Wood

Great tit 5

Robin 2

Blue tit 7

Nuthatch 1

Chaffinch 4

Coal tit 1

Willow tit 1

Great spotted woodpecker 2

Other birds noted around site

Black headed gull - Wader Lake/River Wear: 180

Pied wagtail - Wader Lake 1

Grey heron - Wader Lake 3

Bullfinch - Hawthorn Wood 1

Blackbird - South Wood 1

Other wildlife species

Amphibians

Toadlets

Invertebrates

Peacock

Red Admiral

Small White

Flora

Dog's mercury

Herb Robert

Rosebay willowherb

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