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Wildlife Sightings - 23/08/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 23/08/2020

Weather: Outcast/ Rain
River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake
AM
Water Level: Mid


Ruff- 2
Redshank- 32
Snipe- 1
Lapwing- 151
Grey Heron (lots of barking)- 11
Avocet- 15
Gadwall- 8
Black- Tailed Godwit- 11
Black- Headed Gull- 24
Teal- 19
Lesser Black Backed Gull- 1

Saline Lagoon
AM
Tide Level: High


Lapwing- 5
Mallard- 22

Hawthorn Wood
AM

Sparrowhawk- 1 (female, juv)
Willow Tit - (heard)
Magpie- 1
Blue Tit-5
Great Tit- 7
Chaffinch- 5

Other Birds Noted Around Site
AM


Buzzard (South Wood) - 1, very low
Shoveler (Reservoir)- 5
Jay (Hollowood)- 2
Coal Tit (Window on the Wood)- 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Window on the Wood)- 1

Mammals
Grey Squirrel with hazelnut (Northumbrian Water Hide)

Flora/ Fungi
Stinkhorn Fungus Egg (Hollowood) - still not hatched