Wildlife Sightings - 16/08/2023

Weather: cloudy / overcast

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Common Tern - 3

Avocet - 21

Shelduck - 3

Black-headed Gull - 5 ( 2 juvenile)

Black-tailed Godwit - 1

Grey Heron - 8

Teal - 8

Ruff - 2

Lapwing - 301

Curlew -2

Coot - 1

Kingfisher - 1

Hawthorn wood:

Great-spotted woodpecker - 1

Robin - 2 juvenile

Greenfinch - 1 + 1

Blue tit - 9

Great tit - 7

Coal tit - 1

Chaffinch - 2 + 1

Mallard - 1 + 4 ducklings

Dunnock - 1

Goldfinch - 1 juvenile

Other birds noted around site:

Greylag Goose - 2 + 1 gosling (Wader lake)

Herring Gull - 1 (Wader lake)

Lesser black-backed Gull - 1 (Wader lake)

Curlew - 3 River wear)

Little Egret - 1 (River wear)

Redshank - 2 (River wear)

Black-headed Gull - 1 (River wear)

Goosander - 1 (River wear)

Lapwing - 7 (Saline Lagoon)

Long-tailed tit - 1 (The Lookout)

Black bird - 1 (The Lookout)

Tufted duck - 1 + 4 ducklings (The Reservoir)

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