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Wildlife Sightings 20/07/2023

Wildlife Sightings 20/07/2023

Weather: Cloudy

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 31
Black-headed Gull (74 adults, 15 juv. + 1 chick) - 90
Grey heron - 12
Oyster catcher - 1
Shelduck - 9 (7 juv.)
Greylag Goose - 5
Canalag - 1
Lapwing - 54
Common Tern - 8
Med x BH Gull - 1
Teal - 2
Redshank - 1
Common Gull - 1
Ruff - 2
Curlew - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

G S Woodpecker - 2
Chaffinch - 5
Long-tailed tit - 1
Great tit - 9
Blue tit - 4
Coal tit - 3
Bullfinch - 1 juv.
Dunnock - 1
Stock Dove - 1
Robin - 1

River Wear

Curlew - 1
Common tern - 2
Black-headed Gull 16
Lapwing - 15
Grey heron - 1
Herring Gull - 16

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 46
Black-headed Gull - 4 + 1 juv.
Grey heron - 1

Reservoir

Tufted Duck - 8 + 2 ducklings
Canada Geese - 5 (3 juv.)

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