Wildlife Sightings - 25/06/21

Weather: Overcast and Rain

Wind Speed: Moderate

River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake

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Spoonbill 1

Avocet 17

Common Tern >49+16 chicks

Lapwing 1

Oystercatcher 2+1 brood

Black Headed Gull 53+14 chicks

Shelduck 33+3 broods

Gadwall 5

Grey Heron 9

Swallow 2


Saline Lagoon

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Shelduck 1

Gadwall 2


Hawthorn Wood

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 (male)

Reed Bunting 1 (male)

Tree Sparrow 1

Greenfinch 2

Bullfinch 3

Great Tit 5+3 fledglings


Lookout feeding station

Bullfinch 2

Great Tit 2

Blue Tit 1

Dunnock 1

Robin 1


Other birds noted around site

Greenfinch 1 (Wader Lake Path)

Goldfinch 2 (Wader Lake Path)

Song Thrush 1 (Staff car park)

Tufted Duck 15+2 broods of ducklings


Other wildlife species around site

Stinkhorn Egg (Hollowood fence line)


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