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Wildlife Sightings 9/12/2022

Wildlife Sightings 9/12/2022

Weather: Bright, clear, cold

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Lapwing - 4
Moorhen - 1
Blackbird (footpath) - 1(m)
Carrion Crow (meadow) - 1
Robin (footpath) - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Nuthatch - 1
Blackbird - 2
Robin - 3
Blue tit - 5
Great tit - 3
Chaffinch - 6
Coal tit - 1
Moorhen - 2
Bullfinch - 3
Greenfinch - ?

The Reservoir

Tufted duck - 20
Gadwall - 9
Teal - 8
Shoveler - 4
Shelduck - 4
Mallard - 127

River Wear

Black-headed gull - 247
Herring gull - 54
Greater black-backed gull - 3

Other birds noted around site

Bullfinch The gully - 1(m)
Dunnock The lookout - 1
Blackbird The lookout - 1 (juv.)


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