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Wildlife sightings - 20/06/2024

Wildlife sightings - 20/06/2024

Weather: sunny

River wear tide level : low

Wader lake species:

Avocet - 19

Sand martin - 13

Shoveler - 7

Black headed gull - 77 + 22 chicks

Shelduck - 15 + 17 chicks

Common tern - 54

Greylag goose - 5

Canada goose 7 + 3 chicks

Teal duck - 7

Oyster catcher - 1

Tufted duck - 6

Lesser black - backed gull - 1

Hawthorn wood bird feeding:

Nuthatch - 2

Bullfinch - 10

Coal tit - 1

Blue tit - 1

Goldfinch - 1

Great tit - 8

Chaffinch - 4

Greenfinch - 3

Stock dove - 3

Bird noted around site:

Grey heron - Heronry - 6

Sedge warbler - wader lake - 1

Sand martin - wader lake footpath - 5

Goldfinch - wader lake footpath - 1

Black - headed gull - saline lagoon - 1

Redshank - river wear - 3

Cormorant - river wear - 2

Canada goose - river wear - 2

Tufted duck - river wear - 3

Black - headed gull - river wear - 20

Lesser black - backed gull - river wear - 2

Oyster catcher - river wear - 2

Shelduck - river wear - 2

Herring gull - river wear - 10

Invertebrates:

Speckled wood - 3 - Middle wood / south wood