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Wildlife Sightings - 21/11/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 21/11/2023

Weather: Cloudy/showers/bright
River Wear Tide Level: High


Wader Lake Species

Teal - 93
Redshank - 36
Shelduck - 3
Grey Heron - 1
Black-headed Gull - 1
Canada Goose - 1


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 5
Great Tit - 6
Blue Tit - 6
Chaffinch - 7
Coal Tit - 3


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Redwing (Slick Gill hedge) - 15
Goldfinch (feeding in Dragonfly Ponds) - 10
Siskin (Dragonfly Ponds in the alder trees) - 8
Goldcrest (Window on the Wear 2 on river bank scrub) - 2
Siskin (Wader Lake footpath) - 20+
Kestrel (Wader Lake footpath) - 1 female
Nuthatch (The Lookout) - 1

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