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Today's Sightings

1 min read • 17 May 2014

Weather: Beautiful sunshine!

Time: AM / Tide: Mid

Wader Lake

Avocet - 12 + 8 chicks

Lapwing - 6

Redshank - 1

Shoveler - 3

Common Tern - 44

Grey Heron - 36

Shelduck - 20 + 16 chicks

Mallard - 41

Tufted Duck - 23

Greylag Goose - 6 + 8 chicks

Oystercatcher - 3

Saline Lagoon

Mallard - 8

River Wear

Mute Swan - 2

River Wear Path

Song Thrush - 2

Bullfinch - 1

Hawthorn Wood

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Bullfinch - 2

Greenfinch - 4

Great Tit - 6

Blue Tit - 8

Robin - 1

Pheasant - 6

Spring Gill

Jay - 2

Wildlife Ponds

Small Newt

Toad

Frog

Large Red Damselfly

Azure Damselfly

Flora

Ragged Robin

Marsh Marigold

Northern Marsh Orchid

Common Spotted Orchid

Cuckoo Flower

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