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Wildlife sightings - 17/06/16

1 min read • 17 June 2016

a.m. Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Avocet 16 + 21 chicks/young *highest number recorded on site

Lapwing 22 + 10 chicks/young

Redshank 5 + 3 young

Little ringed plover 1

Ringed plover 1

Oystercatcher 2 + 2 young

Shoveler 7 + 5 young (2 broods)

Gadwall 4 + 11 young (3 broods)

Common tern 116 + 10 chicks

Grey heron 20

Saline Lagoon

Grey heron 1

Lapwing 9

Black headed gull 15

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 2 + 2 juvenile

Blackcap 1

Bullfinch 10

Reed bunting 1

Willow tit 3

Wren 2

Jay 2

Other birds

Shelduck - 43 adults + 22 young - Site count

Cormorant - 2 - River Wear

Greater black backed gull - 1 - River Wear

Chiffchaff - 3 + 4 young - Site count

Common whitethroat - 2 + 5 young - Site count

Willow warbler 1 + 2 young - Site count

Sedge warbler - 1 - Round table pond

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