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Wildlife Sightings - 05/09/2023

Weather: Sunny
River Wear Tide Level: High


Wader Lake Species

Curlew - 10
Black-tailed Godwit - 6
Ruff - 1
Redshank - 62
Lapwing - 172
Jackdaw - 67
Grey Heron - 7
Shoveler - 16
Teal - 105
Gadwall - 2
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Nuthatch - 1
Coal Tit - 3
Blue Tit - 9
Great Tit - 7
Long-tailed Tit - 8
Bullfinch - 7
Goldfinch - 4
Greenfinch - 4
Chaffinch - 5


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Kingfisher (Window on the Wear) - 1
Little Egret (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Lapwing (Saline Lagoon) - 18
Redshank (Saline Lagoon) - 7
Swallow (over south-east of site) - 14
Sand Martin (over south-east of site) - 6
House Martin( over south-east of site) - 2
Common Buzzard (over site) - 3
Kestrel (Corner Meadow) - 2
Sparrowhawk (Wader Lake) - 1
Tufted Duck (Reservoir) - 14
Shelduck (Reservoir) - 1


Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Invertebrates;

Speckled Wood
Common Carder Bee


Flora/Fungi;

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