Wildlife Sightings - 05/08/2023

Weather: rain

River wear tide level: high

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 15

Curlew - 1

Black-tailed Godwit - 4

redshank - 22

Oystercatcher - 5

Lapwing - 102

Black-headed Gull - 50

Common Tern - 3 + 2 juvenile

Herring Gull - 6 +6 young

Shelduck- 18

Teal - 9

Heron - 7 + 3 young

Hawthorn wood:

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 +1 + 1 juvenile

Pheasant - 1

Mallard - 4 + 1 chick

Magpie - 1

Chaffinch - 7

Goldfinch - 6 + 4 juvenile

Nuthatch - 1

Greenfinch - 2

Blue tit - 10 + 6 juvenile

Great tit - 11

Other birds noted around grounds:

Kestrel - 1 juvenile ( Wader lake footpath)

Grey Wagtail - 1 ( Wader lake)

Stock Dove - 2 ( Wader lake)

Swallow - 2 ( Wader lake)

Mallard - 11 ( Saline lagoon)

Lapwing - 2 ( Saline lagoon)

Bullfinch - 3 ( The Lookout)

Blue tit - 2 ( The Lookout)

Great tit - 1 ( The Lookout)

Chaffinch - 1 ( The Lookout)

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