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Wildlife Sightings 20/05/2023

Wildlife Sightings 20/05/2023

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 26
Lapwing - 8
Oystercatcher - 3
Common Sandpiper - 1
Redshank - 2
Grey Heron - 26
Shelduck - 26
Gadwall - 4
Teal - 4
Shoveler - 1
Common Tern - 117
B.H. Gull - 128

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Nuthatch - 1
G.S. Woodpecker - 1 (m)
Reed Bunting - 1 (m)
Stock Dove - 3
Wren - 1
Goldfinch - 4
Greenfinch - 4
Bullfinch - 3
Coal tit - 3
Willow tit - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Site

L.B.B Gull @ Wader Lake
Treecreeper @ North Wood
Jay @ North Wood
Long-tailed tit @ Play Area

Amphibians

Smooth Newt @ Amphibian Ponds

Invertebrates

Orange tip
Speckled Wood


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