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Wildlife Sightings - 24/04/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 24/04/2020

Weather: Sunny, 16°C

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake - AM - MID water level

Avocet 33

Oystercatcher 4

Lapwing 16

Redshank 4

Common snipe 1

Little ringed plover 1

Black headed gull 32 (30 adults, 2 first summer birds)

Herring gull 1 (2nd summer bird)

Less black backed gull 2 adults

Saline Lagoon

Oystercatcher 2

Shelduck 10

Shoveler 2 (pair)

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 2 (pair)

Nuthatch 1

Treecreeper 1

Reed bunting 2 (male)

Wren 1

Long tailed tit 2

Willow tit 1

Bullfinch 6

Greenfinch 2

Goldfinch 4

Other birds noted around site

Oystercatcher (Stream Channel) 2

Lesser whitethroat (East Down scrub) 1

Common Whitethroat (Across site) 4

Chiffchaff (across site) 7

Willow warbler (across site) 5

Blackcap (across site) 5

Reed Warbler (1 Round Table Pond, 1 River Reedbed)

Other wildlife species around site

Invertebrates:

Holly blue (Forgotten Meadow)