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Wildlife Sightings -20/01/2022

Wildlife Sightings -20/01/2022

Weather: bright

Wind speed: none

River wear tide level: mid

A.M

Wade lake:

Buzzard - 1

Mute swan - 2

Shelduck - 8

Tufted duck - 10

Teal - 6

Lapwing - 10

Shoveler - 5

Black-headed Gulls - 158

Moorhen - 5

Herring Gulls - 50

Canada goose - 42

Greylag goose - 2

Coot - 1

Crow - 4

Wigeon - 2

Saline lagoon:

Redshank - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Robin - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Grey Heron - 1 ( River wear)

Great spotted Woodpecker - 1 (North wood)

Moorhen - 1 (River Reedbed)

Hawthorn wood:

Bullfinch - 9

Robin - 5

Long-tailed tits - 5

Great spotted woodpecker - 1

Dunnock - 1

Jay - 1

Coal tit - 1

Chaffinch - 6

Nuthatch - 1

Lookout feeding station:

Bullfinch - 6

Chaffinch - 3

Dunnock - 1

Robin - 1

Other wildlife species spotted around site:

Mammals:

Grey squirrel - 1 (North wood)