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Wildlife Sightings - 24/06/21

Below is our wildlife sightings daily log for the morning of Thursday 24th June, 2021. The weather conditions were overcast, with a moderate/light wind speed, and the tide level was low.


Wader Lake


Lapwings - 20

Avocet - 22

Terns - 68

Tern Chicks - 6

Herons - 12

Black Headed Gull - 66

Black Headed Gull Chicks - 7

Teal (Male) - 3

Teal (Female) - 3

Little Ringed Plover - 2


Saline Lagoon


Goose Flock (Reed Bed) - unknown

Shelduck - 2

Shelduck - 6

Lapwing - 1

Mallard - 2

Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Circling) - 3


Other Birds Noted Around Site


Greenfinch (Juvenile) (Reserve Orchard) - 1

Whitethroat (Reserve Orchard) - 1

Shelduck (River Wear) - 8

Song Thrush (Front Entrance) - 1


Hawthorn Wood


Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Juvenile) - 1

Great Tit - 2

Great Tit (Juvenile) - 3

Blue Tit - 2

Blue Tit (Juvenile) - 1

Bullfinch - 3

Greenfinch - 2

Chaffinch - 1

Robin - 1


Lookout Feeding Station


Bullfinch - 5

Blackbird - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Coal Tit - 1

Robin - 1

Great Tit - 2

Blue Tit - 2


Mammals


Roe Deer (Saline Lagoon Meadow) - 1

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