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Wildlife Sightings - 08/09/2023

Weather: bright
River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Stock Dove - 2

Redshank - 32

Lapwing - 169

Black-headed Gull - 28

Teal - 40

Grey Heron - 4

Black-tailed Godwit - 7

Curlew - 3

Swallow - 1

Herring Gull - 1

Ruff - 1

Snipe - 2

Shoveler - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Blue Tit - 5

Chaffinch - 6

Greenfinch - 5 + 2 juvenile

Great Tit - 2

Coal tit - 1

Robin - 1

Goldfinch - 2

Bullfinch - 1

Robin - 1

Jay - 1 (Singing)

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Kingfisher - 1 (Singing) (The Gully)

Kestrel - 1 (Corner Meadow)

Blackcap - 1 (Signing) (Wader Lake Hedge)

Robin - 1 (The Lookout)

Long-tailed tit - 2 (The Lookout)

Teal - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Curlew - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Herring Gull - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Black-headed Gull - 3 (Saline Lagoon)

Mallard - 3 (Saline Lagoon)

Lapwing - 26 (Saline Lagoon)

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 (South Wood)

Willow tit - 1 ( Singing) (Wet woodland)

Tufted Duck - 4 + 2 (Reservoir)

Other Wildlife Species noted around site:

Invertebrates:

Speckled Wood - 1

Flora / Fungi:

Turkey tail - 4

Giant puffball - 1

Common Puffball - 200

Dryads Saddle - 1

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