Wildlife Sightings - 13/07/2023

Weather: bright skies / sunny

River wear tide level: mid

A.M

Wader lake:

Avocet - 47

Black-headed Gull - 79 +27 juvenile

Shelduck - 3 +12 juvenile

Common Tern - 22 + 1 chick + 3 juvenile

Lapwing - 28

Teal - 11

Grey Heron - 13

Redshank - 7

Oystercatcher - 3

Common Gull - 2

Hawthorn wood:

Goldfinch - 3

Greenfinch - 2

Chaffinch - 5

Bullfinch - 2

Willow tit - 1

Robin - 2 + 1 juvenile

Dunnock - 1

Coal tit - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Great tit - 4

Other birds noted around site:

Kestrel - 1 (Corner Meadow)

Sedge Warbler - 1 (Amphibian pond)

Redshank - 6 (River wear)

Common Tern - 1 (River wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Curlew - 1

Shelduck - 1 (River wear)

Black-headed Gull - 7 (River wear)

Lesser black-backed Gull - 1 (River wear)

Herring Gull - 13 (River wear)

Lapwing - 14 (Saline Lagoon)

Grey Heron - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Black-headed Gull - 5 (Saline Lagoon)

Avocet - 3 (Saline Lagoon)

Buzzard - 1 (Forgotten Meadow)

Tufted Duck - 9 + 6 Ducklings (Reservoir)


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