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Wildlife Sightings - 17/04/2024

Weather: Overcast

River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake

Sand Martin - 3

Mute Swan - 2

Avocet - 10

Redshank - 1

Oystercatcher - 2


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Chaffinch - 2 (1 male, 1 female)

Stock Dove - 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male

Coal Tit - 1

Nuthatch - 2 (1 male, 1 female)

Blue Tit - 3

Goldfinch - 3

Great Tit - 5

Robin - 2

Dunnock - 1

Bullfinch - 4 (2 male, 2 female)

Reed Bunting - 1 male


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Reed Warbler (Filter Reedbed) - 1

Reed Warbler (Round Table Ponds) - 1

Chiffchaff (Wader Lake footpath) - 1

Willow Warbler (Amphibian ponds) - 1

Blackcap (Hawthorn Wood) - 1

Song Thrush (Hollowood) - 1


Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Invertebrates:

Carder Bee (Wader Lake footpath)


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