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Wildlife Sightings - 31/08/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 31/08/2023

Weather: sunny

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Kingfisher - 1

Curlew - 26

Lapwing - 270

Ruff - 1

Redshank - 18

Teal - 37

Shoveler - 10

Grey Heron - 9

Little Egret - 1

Jackdaw - 80

Stock Dove - 4

Hawthorn wood:

Blue tit - 4

Greenfinch - 1 juvenile

Goldfinch - 1 juvenile

Great tit - 3

Chaffinch - 6

Bullfinch - 4

Stock Dove - 2

Great spotted Woodpecker - 1

Jay - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Herring Gull - 12 (River wear)

Black-headed Gull - 20 + 1 juvenile (River wear)

Lesser black-backed Gull - 1 (River wear)

Mute Swan - 1 (River wear)

Mallard - 5 (Saline Lagoon)