Wildlife sightings - 02/09/2023

Weather: overcast

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Curlew - 1

Redshank - 5

Black-tailed Godwit - 2

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1

Common Sandpiper - 2

Snipe - 1

Lapwing - 237

Gadwall - 2

Teal Duck- 15

Heron - 3

Black-headed Gull - 23

Greylag - 3

Hawthorn wood:

Goldfinch - 4 + 1 juvenile

Blue tit - 2

Great tit - 2

Nuthatch - 1

Chaffinch - 2

Coal tit - 1

Greenfinch - 1

Bullfinch - 1 + 1 juvenile

Great-spotted woodpecker - 1

Other Birds noted on site:

Jay - 1 (Hidden Meadow)

Pheasant - 1 (Hidden Meadow)

Black-headed Gull - 8 (River wear)

Kestrel - 1 (Middle wood)

Great tit - 1 (Lookout Hide)

Blackcap - 1 (singing) (Hollow wood)

Dunnock - 1 (Hollow wood)

Shoveler - 1 (Reservoir)

Tufted Duck - 3 (Reservoir)

Mallard - 26 (Saline Lagoon)

Grey Heron - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Teal - 3 (Saline Lagoon)

Lapwing - 5 (Saline Lagoon)

Curlew - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

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