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Wildlife Sightings - 23/09/19

Wildlife Sightings - 23/09/19

Weather: Overcast
River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake - AM - Mid Water Level

Curlew - 4
Black-Tailed Godwit (1 Juv) - 8
Lapwing - 49
Redshank - 36
Wigeon - 7
Gadwall - 13
Mallard - 28
Teal - 32
Black- headed Gull - 48

Saline Lagoon

Teal - 3
Mallard - 3
Curlew (across river) - 1


Hawthorn Wood

Treecreeper - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 4
Nuthatch - 2
Blue Tit - 8
Great Tit - 5
Coal Tit - 2
Robin - 2
Chaffinch - 17
Bullfinch - 5
Greenfinch - 2
Goldfinch - 3


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Grey Heron (Window on the Wear) - 1
Tufted Duck (Reservoir) - 40 (12 males)


Mammals
Bank Vole (Hawthorn Wood) - 2




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