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Wildlife Sightings - 15/07/2024

Weather:

wet/ sunny

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 55

Little Egret - 1

Buzzard - 1

Sand Martin - 20

Teal - 3

Common Tern - 30

Black - headed Gull - 150

Redshank - 11

Lapwing - 25

Oystercatcher - 3

Grey Heron - 1

Swallow - 3

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Goldfinch - 2

Greenfinch - 5

Bullfinch - 2

Chaffinch - 6

Robin - 2

Coal tit - 2

Great Tit - 5

Blue Tit - 3

Stock Dove - 2

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Shelduck - 10 (Wader Lake)

Graylag Goose - 7 (Corner Meadow)

Canada Goose - 1 (Reservoir)

Tufted Duck - 2 + 1 duckling (Reservoir)

Herring Gull - 6 (Reservoir)

Jay - 1 Singing (Hawthorn Wood)

Black Bird - 1 (Orchid)

Song Thrush - 1 (Orchid)

Chiffchaff - 2 (Orchid)

Wren - 1 (Hollow Wood)

Black Cap - 1 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Pheasant - 1 (Hawthorn Wood)

Magpie - 1 (Hawthorn Wood)

Mammals:

Grey Squirrel

Amphibians / Fish:

Sand Eel with tuns

Invertebrate's:

Speckled Wood (Spring Gill)

Damselfly (Amphibian Ponds)

Flora / Fungi:

Brittle Gill (Hawthorn Wood)

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