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Wildlife Sightings - 29/07/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 29/07/2022

Weather: Damp / overcast

River Wear Tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 32

Lapwing - 55

Black-tailed Gadwit - 6

Curler - 2

Redshank - 1

Common Tern - 79

Black-Headed Gull - 52

Greylag - 6

Canada Goose - 6

Grey Heron - 6

Saline Lagoon:

Mallard - 12

Lapwing - 6

Redshank - 4

Other birds noted around site:

Mute Swan - 2 (River)

Cormorant - 2 (River)

RedShank - 6 (River)

Black-headed Gull - 70 (River)

Herring Gull - 30 (River)

Jay - 2 (Lagoon footpath)

Song Thrush - 2 (Lagoon footpath)

Long-tailed Tit - 6 (Lagoon footpath)

Hawthorn wood:

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Stock Dove - 2

Bullfinch - 6

Greenfinch - 2

Chaffinch - 8

Lookout Feeding station:

Bullfinch - 3

Chaffinch - 3

Coal tit - 2

Dunnock - 2

Wren - 1

Robin - 3

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