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Wildlife sightings - 18/06/18

1 min read • 18 June 2018

Wader Lake (AM, high tide):

Kestrel juveniles 3

Avocet 29 adults and 1 chick

Redshank 14

Stock dove 1

Oystercatcher 4 adults and 1 chick

Grey heron 36

Common tern 70 adults and 36 chicks

Little ringed plover 1

Shoveler 4 (two pairs)

Shelduck 7

Lapwing 7 adults and 3 chicks

Saline lagoon (AM, high tide):

Lapwing 1

Canada goose 1

Shelduck 8 adults and 6 chicks

Hawthorn Wood:

Magpie 1

Bullfinch 3

Great spotted woodpecker 1 juvenile

Chaffinch 2

Blue tit 2

Great tit 5

Plus:

An oystercatcher in Ganderland

A male kestrel on the stream channel

A mute swan on the River Wear

A chiffchaff in middle wood

Azure damselfly at Forgotten Meadow pond

Foxgloves, self heal, ragged robin, yellow flag iris, southern bracket

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