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wildlife Sightings - 21/03/2022

wildlife Sightings - 21/03/2022
Weather: bright / sunny

Wind speed: light

River wear tide level: mid

A.M

Waderlake:

Oystercatcher - 2

Lapwing - 16

Tuffted duck - 7

Shoveler - 8

Gadwall - 5

Wigeon - 4

Shelduck - 23

Greylag - 30

Canad goose - 22

Canadax Greylag - 1

Lesser black-headed Gull - 1

Herring Gulls - 96

Black-headed Gulls - 135

Saline lagoon:

Oystercatcher - 2

Other birds noted around site:

Grey Heron - 20 ( Heron Heddge)

Chiffchaff - 9 ( Singing across site)

Goosander - 2 (River wear)

Goldereye - 2 ( River wear)

Reed bunting - 2 (Wader lake path)

Kestrel - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Nuthatch - 2 (Hawthorn wood)

Goldcrest - 1 ( Pen 1)

Hawthorn wood:

Dunnock - 3

Coal tits - 3

Chaffinch - 8

Greenfinch - 2

Robin - 2

Blackbird - 1

Lookout feeding station:

Greatspotted woodpecker - 1

Bullfinch - 4

Blue tits - 3

Chaffinch - 2

Great tits - 4

Other wildlife species spotted around site:

Mammals:

Roe Deer - 2 ( East downs)