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Wildlife Sightings 28/12/2019

Wildlife Sightings 28/12/2019

Weather: Cloudy

Wind Speed: Low

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Curlew - 35
Teal - 85
Shelduck -12
Widgeon (1m, 1f) - 2
Mute Swan - 1

Saline Lagoon

Shelduck - 2
Grey Heron - 1
Teal - 35

Other birds noted around site

Tree Sparrow - Centre Feeders - 6
Long tailed tits - Centre feeders - 10
GS Woodpecker - Centre Feeders - 1 (m)
Redwing - Yew tree near otters - 8
Goosander (3m, 2f) - River Wear - 5
Cormorant - River Wear - 1

Hawthorn Wood

Great tit - 3
Blue tit - 11
Nuthatch - 1
Coal tit - 2
Dunnock - 2
Sparrowhawk - 1(m)
Bullfinch - 3
Chaffinch - 5
GS Woodpecker (1m, 1f) - 2
Long tailed tits - 6




















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