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Wildlife Sightings 03/05/2024

Weather = Mild/ Overcast/ Breezy

River Wear Tide Level = High

Wader Lake Species

Sand Martin - 8

Oystercatcher - 3

Black-Headed Gull - 108

Avocet - 24

Mute Swan - 2

Canada Goose - 17

Shelduck - 26

Grey Heron - 22

Common Turn - 15

Black- Headed Gull x Meditteranean Gull - 1

Shoveler - 4

Lesser Balck-backed Gull - 2

Hawthorn Hide Feeding Station

Goldfinch - 3

Great Tit - 4

Stock Dove - 4

Blue Tit - 2

Bullfinch - 2(F) 1(M)

Chaffinch - 1(F) 1(M)

Coal Tit - 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1(F)

Nuthatch - 1

Long-Tailed Tit - 1

Bird Species Around Site

Lapwing - Wader Lake Footpath - 5

Greylag Goose - Wader Lake Footpath - 8 + 4 Chicks

Tufted Duck - Wader Lake Footpath - 19

Teal - Wader Lake Footpath - 2

Gadwall - Wader Lake Footpath - 1

Shelduck - River Wear - 3

Tufted Duck - River Wear - 21

Redshank - River Wear - 1

Chiffchaff - Lagoon Footpath - 1

Robin Lagoon Footpath - 1

Great Tit - Lagoon Footpath - 2

Shelduck - Saline Lagoon - 2

Amphibians

Tadpoles at amphibian ponds

Invertebrates

Common Carder Bee

Buff -tailed Bumblebee

Red and Black froghopper on Green Alkanet

Flora / Fungi

Cow Parsley

Bluebells

Red Campion

Glisening Inkcap

Green Alkanet

Wood Speedwell

Marsh Marigold

Cowslip

Hawthorn

Wild Garlic









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