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Wildlife Sightings - 26/02/2024

Weather: overcast / Rain

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Mute Swan - 2

Avocet - 1

Grey Heron - 28

Shelduck - 24

Tufted Duck - 10

Widgeon - 4

Mallard - 34

Canada Goose - 15

Oystercatcher - 2

Lapwing - 97

Shoveler - 3

Starlag - 6 (Meadow)

Herring Gull - 76

Black-headed Gull - 18

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Blue tit - 12

Great tit - 10

Goldfinch - 2

Willow tit - 1

Blackbird - 2

Chaffinch - 8

Siskin - 1

Bullfinch - 2

Coal tit - 4

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Long-tailed Tit - 4 (Centre Feeder)

Reed Bunting - 1 (Amphibian ponds)

Song Thrush - 2 (Dragonfly ponds)

Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)

Redshank - 5 (River Wear)

Sparrowhawk - 1 (Wader lake path)

Jay - 2 (Gully)

Nuthatch - 1 (Middle wood)

Gadwall - 2 (Saline Lagoon)

Goldcrest - 2 (South wood)

Buzzard - 1 (Heron Hedge)

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