Wader Lake works

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Wildlife Sightings 29-1-22

Weather: Gales

Wind Speed: Extremely High

River Wear Tide Level: Low-Mid

Wader Lake

Grey Heron - 20
Little Grebe - 1
Shelduck - 46
Curlew - 1
Lapwing - 10
Herring Gull - 47
Black-headed Gull - 68
Shoveler (3m,1f,1 1st year m) - 5
Tufted duck (2m,4f) - 6
Teal - 75
Wigeon (f) - 1
Mute Swan - 2

Saline Lagoon

Red shank - 1
Teal - 12

Hawthorn Wood

Goldfinch - 1
Greenfinch - 1
G.S. Woodpecker - 1(f)
Bullfinch - 4
Robin - 1

Lookout Feeding Station

Greenfinch - 1
Bullfinch (4m,2f) - 6
Treecreeper - 1
Robin - 1
Long tailed tit - 4
Chaffinch (1m,1f) - 2

Other birds noted around site

Little Grebe River Wear - 2
Cormorant River Wear - 1
Gooseander River Wear - 2(m)
Kestrel Wader Lake Footpath - 1(m)
Kestrel Inner Circle (Stream Channel) - 1(m)
Buzzard Hawthorn Wood - 1
Sparrowhawk North Wood - 1

Mammals

Grey Squirrel Middle Wood - 1

Flora/Fungi

Sulphur Tuft - 5 @The Gully
Glistening Inkcap - 30@Hawthorn Wood Hide
Snowdrops over site

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