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Wildlife Sightings 01/09/2023

1 min read • 1 September 2023

Weather: overcast / cool

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader Lake:

Lapwing - 216

Shoveler - 5

Teal - 55

Black-tailed Godwit - 5

Grey Heron - 5

Lesser black-backed Gull - 1

Redshank - 9

Ruff - 1

Greylag Goose - 1

Curlew - 3

Hawthorn wood:

Blue tit - 4

Chaffinch - 5

Great tit - 4

Robin - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Greenfinch - 1

Goldfinch - 1 +2 juvenile

Bullfinch - 1 + 1 juvenile

Coal tit - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Kestrel - 2 (1 Singing) (Orchard)

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2 (Orchard)

Nuthatch - 2 (Singing) (Orchard)

Blackcap - 1 (singing) (Middle wood)

Jay - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Mallard - 5 (Saline Lagoon)

Kingfisher - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

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Wildlife Sightings 01/09/2023

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