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Wildlife Sightings 15/11/2023
Weather: SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 133Moorhen - 7Wader MeadowWoodpigeon - 3Stock Dove - 1Pheasant - 1 ( M )Magpie - 1Common Crow - 2Shelduck - 2Hawthorn Wood Feeding AreaBlue Tit - 6Bullfinch - 3 ( M ) 1 ( F )Goldfinch - 5Coa
15 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 14/11/2023
Weather: RainRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 43Black-headed Gull - 7Teal - 86Common Crow - 1Shelduck - 4Saline Lagoon:Grey Heron - 2Moorhen - 3Teal - 2Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationStock Dove - 1Long-tailed Tit - 14Greenfinch - 1
14 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 13/11/2023
Weather: RainRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 64Shelduck - 4Lapwing - 15Moorhen - 4Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationSparrowhawk - 1 maleWillow Tit - 1Long-tailed Tit - 4Coal Tit - 2Blue Tit - 4Great tit - 3Bullfinch - 4 (3 male & 1 fema
13 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 12/11/2023
Weather: Cold, SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesRedshank - 3Bar - tailed Godwit - 1Teal - 47Moorhen - 6Shellduck - 5Kestrel - 1 ( M ) - Wader Lake FootpathCanada Goose - 1 - Wader Lake MeadowHawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaBullfinch - 3 ( M
12 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 11/11/2023
AMWeather: cold start, Bright SunshineRiver Wear Tide Level: lowWader Lake SpeciesSparrow hawk - 1Bar-tailed Godwit - 1Shelduck - 5Teal - 32Little Egret - 1Footpath:Redwing - 8Goldfinch - 12Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaSparrow hawk - 1Dunnock - 1Bullfin
11 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 10/11/2023
AMWeather: Bright SunshineRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 18Redshank - 2Black-tailed Godwits - 1 (winter plumage)Shelduck - 1Jay - 1Black-headed Gull - 1Canada Goose - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaGreenfinch - 1Goldfinch - 3Bullfin
10 November 2023
Wildlife Sighting - 09/11/23
Weather: Cold, partly sunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesBar-Tailed Godwit x 1 Redshank x 14Common Snipe x 2Teal x 56 Shelduck x 4Little Grebe x 1Kestrel x 2 (1 Male and 1 Female)Stock Dove x 8Black Headed Gull x 7Cormorant x 2 (fly over)Haw
9 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 08/11/2023
Weather: Windy, rainRiver Wear Tide Level: Low tideWader Lake SpeciesBar-tailed Godwit - 1Lapwing - 6Redshank - 2Teal - 73Shelduck - 4Kestrel - 1 maleCommon Buzzard - 1Grey Heron - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaChaffinch - 30Greenfinch - 1Goldfinch - 4B
8 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 05/11/2023
AMweather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesCurlew - 25Redshank - 69Bar-tailed Godwit - 1Lapwing - 41Teal - 66Shelduck - 2Grey Heron - 2Black-headed Gull - 20Herring Gull - 1 JuvHawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationGreat Tit - 4Coal Tit
5 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 04/11/2023
Weather: OvercastWader Lake SpeciesMoorhen - 7Mallard - 2Herring Gull - 1Black-headed Gull - 33Redshank - 13Teal - 23 + 1Lapwing - 63Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationJay - 1Nuthatch - 1Blue Tit - 7Coal Tit - 3Great Tit - 3Willow Tit - 1 unringedChaffinch
4 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 03/11/2023
Weather: Sunny/mildWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 85Redshank - 28Lapwing - 4Grey Heron - 1Moorhen - 5Carrion Crow - 4Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationLong-tailed Tit - 2Greenfinch - 1Willow Tit - 1 unringedChaffinch - 9Bullfinch - 4 (3 male & 1 female)Coal Ti
3 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings -02/11/2023
AMWeather: rain + windyRiver Wear Tide Level: midWader Lake SpeciesGrey Heron - 2Teal - 73Shoveler - 1Moorhen - 5Redshank - 1Shelduck - 1Black-headed Gull - 20Common Gull - 1Lesser black-backed Gull - 3Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationBlue Tit - 4Great T
2 November 2023
Alternative spooky animals
When you hear the words ‘spooky animals’ your mind probably instantly goes to things like bats, black cats, crows, rats, and toads. These are just some animals that instantly seem spooky and have a long association with the magic and mystical in Briti
1 November 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 1/11/2023
AMWeather: rainRiver Wear Tide Level: midWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 65Black-headed Gull - 12Herring Gull - 2Grey Heron - 1 juvenileRedshank - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationWillow tit - 1Robin - 2Goldfinch - 1Brambling - 1Coal tit - 3Great-spotted Woodp
1 November 2023
Wildlife Sighting's - 31/10/2023
AMWeather: overcast but brightRiver Wear Tide Level: low going outWader Lake SpeciesMoorhen - 9Teal - 58Grey Heron - 1Pheasant - 1Goosander - 1Black-headed Gull - 5Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationPheasant - 2Moorhen - 5Bullfinch - 2Great Tit - 2Blue Tit
31 October 2023