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Wildlife sightings - 21/08/2024

Weather: Sunny/Windy

River Wear Tide Level: High

Avocet - 5

Sand Martin - 7 +4 juvenile

Black Tailed Godwit - 17

Curlew - 3

Lapwing - 99

Teal - 31

Shelduck - 3 juvenile

Black Headed Gull - 81

Herring Gull - 4

Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1

Canada Goose - 1

Grey Heron - 1


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Great Tit - 5

Blue Tit - 4

Coal Tit - 2

Greenfinch - 1

Goldfinch - 2

Chaffinch - 13 +2 juvenile

Bullfinch - 1 juvenile

Nuthatch - 1

Dunnock - 3

Pheasant - 1 juvenile


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Sand Martin -Amphibian Ponds - 2

Grey Heron - Heronry - 2

Chiff Chaff - Wader Lake Meadow - 40+

Mallard - Saline Lagoon - 5

Stock Dove - Saline Lagoon - 1

Kestrel - Saline Lagoon - 2

Herring Gull - River Wear - 8

Black Headed Gull - River Wear - 13

Cormorant - River Wear - 1

Mallard - The Reservoir - 21

Teal - The Reservoir - 2

Moorhen - The Reservoir - 1


Invertebrates

Common Darter - Amphibian Ponds - 1

Red Admiral - Wind on The Wear - 1

Early Bumblebee - Wader Lake - 1

Comma - Saline Foot Path - 1



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