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Wildlife Sightings - 20/05/2024

Weather: Overcast

River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Species

Gadwall - 1 male

Oystercatcher - 2

Common Tern - 54

Sedge Warbler - 1

Avocet - 20

Redshank - 1

Sand Martin - 20

Pink-footed Goose - 1

Stock Dove - 1

Reed Bunting - 1 male

Greylag Goose - 5

Canada Goose - 10


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Goldfinch - 3

Pheasant - 2

Great Tit - 1

Coal Tit - 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male

Robin - 1

Magpie - 1

Bullfinch - 2 male


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Song Thrush (Hawthorn Wood) - 1

Willow Warbler (Orchard) - 1

Common Sandpiper (River Wear) - 1

Herring Gull (River Wear) - 15

Lesser Black-backed Gull (River Wear) - 1

Jay (Wader Lake footpath) - 1

Reed Warbler (River Reedbed)

Oystercatcher (River Wear) - 2

Tufted Duck (River Wear) - 2

Chaffinch (centre feeders) - 1

Robin (centre feeders) - 1

Bullfinch (centre feeders) - 1 female

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