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Wildlife Sightings - 23/07/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 23/07/2020

Weather: Rain
Wind Speed: Light
River Wear Tide Level: High/falling


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid

Common Tern - 136
Black-headed Gull - 257
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 1 juvenile
Avocet - 22
Black-tailed Godwit - 12
Common Snipe - 1
Lapwing - 48
Curlew - 8
Redshank - 14
Oystercatcher - 8


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: High/falling

Grey Heron - 1
Black-headed Gull - 7


Hawthorn Wood

Sparrowhawk - 1 female
Nuthatch - 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 (1 male, 1 female, 2 juvenile)
Jay - 4
Robin - 3 (1 adult, 2 juvenile)
Dunnock - 2 (1 adult, 1 juvenile)
Willow Tit - 2
Coal Tit - 3
Bullfinch - 7 (2 male, 2 female, 3 juvenile)


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Gadwall (Wader Lake) - 1 female, 7 ducklings
Swift (Wader Lake) - 6
Swallow (Wader Lake) - 9
Sand Martin (Wader Lake) - 2
Herring Gull (River Wear) - 25 (19 adults, 6 juvenile)
Reed Warbler (Round Table Ponds) - 4 (1 adult, 3 juvenile)
Blackcap (Amphibian Ponds) - 3 (1 female, 2 juvenile)

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