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Wildlife Sightings - 20/01/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 20/01/2023

Weather: cold

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake: 100% frozen

Kestrel - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Curlew - 3

Black-Headed Gull - 92 (River wear)

Herring Gull - 40

Lesser-blacked backed Gull - 1 (2nd winter)

Cormorant - 2

Red-shank - 9

Teal - 36

Hawthorn wood:

Greater-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Tree-creeper - 1

Bullfinch - 10

Green-finch - 4

Goldfinch - 3

Chaffinch - 14

Long-tailed Tit - 12

Coal Tit - 6

Jay - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Mute Swan - 2 (Reservoir)

Shelduck - 4 (Reservoir)

Mallard - 86 (Reservoir)

Teal - 14 (Reservoir)

Tufted duck - 32 (Reservoir)

Little Grebe - 1 (Reservoir)

Lesser Red-poll - 6 (North woo)

Siskin - 4 (The Lookout)

Water Rail - 1 (Lagoon)

Other Wildlife species spotted around grounds:

Roe Deer (Spring Gill)

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