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Wildlife Sightings 26/08/2023

Wildlife Sightings 26/08/2023

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Kingfisher - 1 f
Oystercatcher (2 ad. + 1 juv.) - 3
Lapwing - 262
Ruff - 2
Curlew - 18
Redshank - 36
Black-tailed Godwit - 2
B. H. Gull - 11
Grey Heron - 9
Shoveler - 12
Teal - 23
Sparrowhawk - 1 f

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Willow tit (unringed) - 1
Coal tit - 3
Blue tit - 12
Great tit - 9
G.S. Woodpecker - 1 juv.
Nuthatch - 1
Goldfinch - 8
Greenfinch - 16
Stock Dove - 1
Bullfinch - 6
Sparrowhawk - 1 m
Jay - 1
Magpie - 7

River Wear

Cormorant - 2
Common Sandpiper - 1

Saline Lagoon

Little Egret - 1
Lapwing - 14

Corner Meadow

Goldfinch (flock) - 50

East Down

Linnet - 2

Wader Lake Path

Reed Bunting - 1 juv.

Stream Channel Gully

Long-tailed tit - 8
Goldcrest - 2


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