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Wildlife Sightings - 11/10/19

Wildlife Sightings - 11/10/19

Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Low
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Low

Teal - 27
Pied Wagtail - 1


Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: Low

Teal - 2


Hawthorn Wood

Blue Tit - 4
Coal Tit - 3
Chaffinch - 5
Great Tit - 2
Bullfinch - 4 (1 female & 2 male)
Goldfinch - 7
Greenfinch - 5 (1 juvenile)
Robin - 1
Dunnock - 1
Willow Tit - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male
Long-tailed Tit - 5


Other Birds Noted Around Site

Redshank (River Wear) - 1
Curlew (window on the wear 1) - 1
Black-headed Gull (window on the wear 1) - 50
Cormorant (window on the wear 2) - 1
Heron (heron hedge) - 1
Chaffinch (Wader Lake footpath) - 4
Bullfinch (Wader Lake footpath) - 1 male
Grey Heron (River Wear) - 1
Dunnock (orchard) - 1

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