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Wildlife sightings

Wader Lake (AM, low tide):

Lapwing - 110

Redshank - 6

Teal - 12

Shoveler - 2

Gadwall - 1

Common tern - 10

Snipe - 1

Lesser black-backed gull - 1

Black-headed gull - 6

Grey heron - 2

Tufted duck - 2

Saline lagoon (AM, low tide):

Mallard - 32

Oystercatcher - 1

Lapwing - 2

Hawthorn Wood feeding station:

Chaffinch - 12

Bullfinch - 5

Greenfinch - 2

Jay - 2

Blue tit - 18

Great tit - 4

Coal tit - 2

Great-spotted woodpecker - 1

Robin - 2 plus 1 juvenile

Sparrowhawk - 1 (female)

Plus 2 mute swans with 4 young, 6 grey heron and 10 redshank on the River Wear; a robin on Wader Lake path and a jay in North Wood.

Flora - common centaury and tansy

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