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Wildlife sightings 18-07-2024

Weather: Sunny / cloudy

River wear tide level: low

Wader lake species:

Shelduck - 4 + 23 juv

Sand martin - 14

Common tern - 22

Lapwing - 16

Black - headed gull - 46 + 21 juv

Shoveler - 4

Black - tailed godwit - 1

Teal - 2

Greylag goose - 2

Canada goose - 8

Common sandpiper - 1

Grey heron - 4 + 4 juv

Hawthorn wood bird feeding station:

Great tit - 5

Blue tit - 1 + 1 juv

Bullfinch - 2

Greenfinch - 4

Robin - 1

Goldfinch - 6

Chaffinch - 4

Coal tit - 1

Great spotted woodpecker - 1

Stock dove - 2

Bird species noted around site:

lapwing - River wear - 2

Black headed gull - River wear - 5

Herring gull - River wear - 4

Lesser black - backed gull - River wear -1

Oyster catcher - Saline lagoon - 1

Grey heron - River reedbed - 1 juv

Kestrel - forgotten meadow - 1

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