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Wildlife Sightings 31/08/2022

Wildlife Sightings 31/08/2022

Weather: Rain, Overcast

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 7
Black-tailed godwit - 10
Common Snipe - 4
Ruff - 1
Curlew - 6
Lapwing - 27
Redshank - 14
Common tern - 3
Grey heron - 1
Teal - 14
Gadwall - 6
Stock dove - 10
Wood Pigeon - 38

Saline Lagoon Species

Lapwing - 10
Sparrowhawk - 1 (f)

Hawthorn Wood Species

Blue tit - 8
Great tit - 9
Coal tit - 3
Chaffinch - 11
Goldfinch - 6
Bullfinch - 8
Greenfinch - 18
Robin - 3
Dunnock - 2
Blackbird - 1

Other bird species noted

GS Woodpecker North Wood - 1
Cormorant River - 2
Kingfisher River Reedbed - 1
Long-tailed tit Play area - 12

Other notes of interest:

Hay cutting on meadows