Wildlife Sightings - 22/06/2023

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Weather: Bright and sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Species

Black-headed Gull - 70 + 9 chicks

Avocet - 37

Grey Heron - 21

Common Tern - 37 + 9 chicks

Shelduck - 12 + 17 chicks

Greylag - 2 + 4 chicks

Lapwing - 18

Tufted Duck - 6 + 8 chicks

Teal - 3 Male

Gadwall = 3 + 6 chicks

Oystercatcher - 2

Redshank - 1


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 3

Goldfinch - 2

Blue Tit - 2

Woodpigeon - 1

Chaffinch - 1 Male

Moorhen - 1

Great Tit - 1

Coal Tit - 1


Bird Species Sited Around Site

Shoveler - Wader Lake - 1 Male (eclips)

Herring Gull - River Wear - 12

Magpie - The Lookout - 1

Bullfinch - The Lookout - 4

Blue Tit - The Lookout - 2

Great Tit - The Lookout - 2

Redshank - Saline Lagoon - 3

Lapwing - Saline Lagoon - 3

Canada Goose - Saline Lagoon - 2

Black-headed Gull - Saline Lagoon - 2

Mallard - Saline Lagoon - 1 Female

Tufted Duck - Reservoir - 1


Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Flora/Fungi = Broad-leaved helleborine - Middle Wood



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