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wildlife Sightings - 26/05/2022

wildlife Sightings - 26/05/2022

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: low

A.M

Wade Lake:

Avocet - 7

Black-tailed Godwit - 7

Ruff - 1

Dunlin - 1

Comon Snipe - 7

Lapwing - 30

Redshank - 2

Common Tern - 14

Teal - 12

Shoveler - 2

Gadwell - 5

Stock Dove - 2

Grey Heron - 4

Saline Lagoon:

Lapwing - 10

Grey Heron - 1

Curlew - 1

Other Birds noted around Site:

Black-headed Gull - 62 (River)

Herring Gull - 22 (River)

Lesser-black backes Gull - 4 (River)

Long-tailed Tit - 6 (Lagoon path)

Tree creeper - 1 (Lagoon path)

Swallow - 12 (Over Site)

Sand Martin - 7 (Over Site)

Willow Warbler - 3 ( Wader Lake Footpath)

Bullfinch - 2 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Hawthorn Wood:

Greenfinch - 18

Goldfinch - 1

Bullfinch - 3

Chaffinch - 6

Blue Tit - 6

Great Tit - 4

Coal Tit - 3

Nuthatch - 1

Great-Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Stock Dove - 1

Robin - 3

Dunnock - 2

Other Wildlife Species around Grounds:

Mammale:

Weasel ( Forgotted Meadow)

Invertebrates:

Speckled Wood

Red Admiral

Painted Lady

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