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Wildlife Sightings - 20/05/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 20/05/2020

Weather: Very sunny

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: Very low

Wader Lake - AM - Water level low

Avocet 40 + 2 chicks

Lapwing 14

Oystercatcher 4

Redshank 2

Common tern 140

Black headed gull 52

Jackdaw 44

Gadwall 4 (3 male, 1 female)

Shoveler 3 (2 male, 1 female)

Shelduck 23

Kestrel 1 (male)

Saline Lagoon

Grey heron 2

Shelduck 6

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker (1 male, 1 female)

Nuthatch 1

Willow tit 1

Bullfinch 5

Other birds noted around site

Mute swan (Round table pond) 2

Sedge warbler (Round table pond) 2

Reed warbler (Round table pond) 3

Reed bunting (Round table pond) 1

Swift (East Downs) 2

Sand Martin (River Wear) 5

Other wildlife species around site

Amphibians / Fish:

Smooth newt (Amphibian Ponds) 5

Invertebrates:

Comma

Small white

Large white

Speckled wood

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