Wildlife Sightings - 20/12/2022

Weather: Sunny / Cloudy

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Redshank - 6

Moorhen - 5

Lapwing - 1

Canada goose -1

Greylag goose - 1

Wood pigeon - 1

Hawthorn wood:

Great spotted woodpecker - 2

Blue tit - 4

Robin - 1

Coal tit - 4

Chaffinch - 3

Blackbird - 1

Bullfinch - 2

Great tit - 5

Magpie - 3

Other birds noted around site:

Golden eye - 7 (River wear)

Grey Heron - 2 (River wear)

Herring gull - 92 (River wear)

Little grebe - 1 (River wear)

Black-headed gull - 22 (Saline Lagoon)

Common Crow - 3 (Saline Lagoon meadow)

Greylag goose - 1 (Saline Lagoon meadow)

Shelduck - 1 (Reservoir)

Teal - 18 (Reservoir)

Tufted duck - 19 (Reservoir)

Gadwall - 11 (Reservoir)

Mallard - 120 (Reservoir)

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