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Today's sightings - 20/05/16

1 min read • 20 May 2016

a.m. Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Avocet 16 + 6 chicks (2 broods)

Oystercatcher 4 + 3 chicks (2 broods)

Little ringed plover 2

Redshank 3

Lapwing 9 + 7 chicks (3 broods)

Common tern 52

Grey heron 30 + 41 young

Shoveler 3

Gadwall 5

Shelduck 17

Saline Lagoon

Shelduck 4

Tufted duck 10

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Bullfinch 7

Redwing 1 (spotted 19/5)

Other birds

Cormorant - 2 - River Wear

Tufted duck - 22 - River Wear

Song thrush - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Grey wagtail - 1 - Gully

Kestrel - 1 - Top Meadow

Other wildlife and flora

Orange tip butterfly

Speckled wood butterfly

Ragged Robin

Northern marsh orchid

Yellow Rattle

Cowslip

Cuckoo flower

Pignut

Hawthorn

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