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Wildlife Sightings - 22/07/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 22/07/2022

Weather: Light Rain

River Wear tide Level: High

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 64

Oystercatcher - 6

Lapwing - 52

Wood Sandpiper - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1

Redshank - 57

Black-Tailed Godwit - 10

Curlew - 16

Common Snipe - 3

Black-Headed Gull - 524

Common Tern - 170

Grey Heron - 8

Shelduck - 17

Saline lagoon:

Grey Heron - 2

Oystercatcher - 3

Mallard - 14

Kingfisher - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Grey Heron - 3 (River reedbed)

Sedge Warbler - 4 (River Reedbed)

Goldfinch - 22 (Amphibian pond)

Hawthorn wood:

Jay - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Bullfinch - 5

Greenfinch - 4

Stock Dove - 2

Lookout feeding station:

Bullfinch - 3

Willow - 1

Coal tit - 1



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