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Wildlife Sightings - 20/04/25

Date:20/04/2025Weather: Bright

River Wear Tide Level:

am/pm

Wader Lake Species

Water Level

Total

Shelduck

24

Shoveler

4 (2 pairs)

Greylag

9

Canada goose

18

Grey Heron

20, 3 juveniles

Avocet*seen scraping*

29

Oystercatcher

4 (2 pairs)

Mute swan

5

Lesser black backed gull

2

Gadwall

6m

Herring gull

62

Black headed gull

5

Snipe

5

Mallard

1f, 6 ducklings

Lapwing

8 (6 on meadow)

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Bullfinch

3

Great tit

6

Blue tit

2

Nuthatch

1

Dunnock

1

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Song Thrush

Wader Lake footpath

1 singing

Song Thrush

North wood

1

Blackcap

North wood

1 singing

Kestrel

Corner meadow

2 (pair)- male with prey (mammal)

Kestrel

Old Oak meadow

2 (pair)- seen mating

Willow tit

Spring Gill

1 calling

Grey Heron

Heron hedge (seen from top meadow side)

7 juvenile herons

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Mammals: Amphibians / Fish:Invertebrates:Flora / Fungi:

Otter x1 @River viewpoint

Blue bells, Oxalis flowering, greater stitchwort flowering in Spring Gill

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