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Wildlife sightings - 23/08/2021

Wildlife sightings - 23/08/2021
Weather: sunny - some cloud Wind speed: low River wear tide level: mid

A.M

Wader Lake:

Black tailed Godwit - 9

Redshank - 17

Lapwing - 290

Curlew - 7

Avocet - 6

Snipe - 2

Teal - 24

Common tern - 1

Grey heron - 4

Saline Lagoon:

Grey heron - 1

Mallard - 40

Other bird noted around site:

Coromant - 3 (River wear)

Mute swan - 2 ( River wear)

Kestrel - 1 ( Amphibian pond)

Blackcap - 1 (Amphibian pond)

Reed warbled - 1 ( Filter reed bed)

Hawthorn wood:

Greenfinch - 2

Nuthatch - 2

Bullfinch - 1

Dunnock - 1

Chaffinch - 7

Robin - 2

Lookout feeding station:

Coal tit - 2

Blue tit - 6

Great tit - 3

Bullfinch - 1

Robin - 1

Stock Dove - 1

Other wildlife species around site:

Invertebrates:

Common darter

Peacock

Wall brown

Small while

Flora/ fungi:

Restharrow ( Large thyme ) ( Forgotten meadow)

Burdock ( Hawthorn wood path)


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