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Wildlife Sightings 16/10/2026

Wildlife Sightings 16/10/2026

Continued great Kingfisher sightings and Cetti’s Warbler still being heard in the Filter Reedbed- stop off at Hollowood viewpoint to listen out for it in the reedbed during your visit.

am/pm
Wader Lake Species
Water Level
Total
Teal
23
Redshank
6
Black-headed gull
45
Herring gull
3
Lesser black backed gull
1
Kingfisher flew down River and then over on the lake
1 heard
Grey Heron
1
Shoveller
1 female
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Great Spotted Woodpecker
1m
Magpie
2
Coal tit
2
Blue tit
3
am/pm
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Location
Total
Jay
Wader Lake footpath
1
Cetti’s Warbler
Hollowood view point
1 calling
Black headed gull
River Wear
9
Herring gull
River Wear
13
Little egret
River Wear
1
Redshank
River Wear
4
Bullfinch
Middlewood
1 heard
Goldcrest
The Lookout
1 heard
Little egret
Aaline Lagoon
1
Grey Heron
Saling Lagoon
1
Teal
Saline Lagoon
19
Goldcrest
Saline Lagoon
1
Cormorant
River Wear
2
Nuthatch
Saline Lagoon
1 heard

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site  

Mammals:
4 Roe Deer (2 juv, 1m, 1f) at Hidden Meadow
Amphibians / Fish:
Invertebrates:
          Flora / Fungi:
50 X red-edged brittle stem at Corner meadow

Name:   KLF                                                                              

Weather: Sunny, breezy
River Wear Tide Level:
High