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Wildlife sightings - 22/04/16

1 min read • 22 April 2016

a.m. Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Avocet 18

Little ringed plover 3

Lapwing 8

Black-tailed godwit 2

Oystercatcher 2

Commom tern 1 (first of the year!)

Pink-footed goose 1

Shoveler 8

Gadwall 4

Shelduck 23

Saline Lagoon

Lesser black-backed gull 2

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 1

Greater-spotetd woodpecker 1

Reed bunting 2

Bullfinch 11

Willow tit 1

Goldfinch 6

Greenfinch 2

Chaffinch 17

Long-tailed tit 4

Other birds

Grey wagtail - 1 - River Wear

Mute swan - 3 - River wear

Kestrel - 1 - Amphibian pond

Sparrow hawk - 1 - North wood

Swallow - 11 - Across site

Mistle thrush - 3 - Spring Gill

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