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Wildlife Sightings - 22/07/20

Wildlife Sightings - 22/07/20

Weather: Cloudy/Drizzle
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid/Low

Avocet - 17
Lapwing - 36
Common Tern - 82 (32 juvenile, 3 chicks)
Shelduck - 16
Tufted duck - 4
Black-headed Gull - 100 (3 chicks, 25 juvenile)
Oystercatcher - 1
Redshank - 3
Teal - 2 female
Pied Wagtail - 2


Saline Lagoon Time: AM

Lapwing - 1
Black-headed Gull - 13


Hawthorn Wood

Blue Tit - 10
Great Tit - 7
Robin - 4 (3 juvenile)
Dunnock - 1
Chaffinch - 4 (3 female, 1 male)
Jay - 4
Bullfinch - 4 (2 male, 2 juvenile)
Coal Tit - 1
Willow Tit - 1
Tree Sparrow - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Treecreeper - 1


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Swift (amphibian ponds) - 1
Curlew (River Wear) - 1
Little Egret (River Wear) - 1


Other Wildlife Species Around Site

Invertebrates:

Ringlet