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Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/21

Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/21

Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Low
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Low

Teal - 35
Grey Heron - 3
Kingfisher - 1
Lapwing - 129
Snipe - 1
Buzzard - 1


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Low

Water Rail - 1 juvenile


Hawthorn Wood

Willow Tit - 1
Coal Tit - 4
Chaffinch - 7
Dunnock - 1
Blue Tit - 7


Lookout Feeding Station

Nuthatch - 2
Willow Tit - 1
Bullfinch - 1 male
Robin - 1
Great Tit - 4


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Lesser Black-backed Gull (River Wear) - 2
Grey Heron (River Wear) - 2
Redshank (River Wear) - 4
Curlew (River Wear) - 1
Cormorant (River Wear) - 2
Greenfinch (South Wood) - 1
Goldfinch (South Wood) - 6
Wren (Lagoon meadow) - 2 juvenile


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Invertebrates;

Speckled Wood - 3
Common Darter - 2 (1 male & 1 female)

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