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Wildlife Sightings - 06/06/22

Wildlife Sightings - 06/06/22

Wader Lake Time: AM Water Level: Mid

Teal - 6
Mallard - 15 (2 broods, 5 chicks)
Shelduck - 48 (2 broods, 15 chicks)
Avocet - 50 (16 chicks)
Grey Heron - 33
Sedge Warbler - 1
Oystercatcher - 3 (1 chick)
Black-headed Gull - 118
Common Tern - 157
Shoveler - 2
Gadwall - 2
Lapwing - 5 (1 chick)
Tufted Duck - 8
Redshank - 1


Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch - 5 (4 male, 1 female)
Nuthatch - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male
Dunnock - 2
Chaffinch - 2
Goldfinch - 1
Greenfinch - 1 male
Robin - 2
Blue Tit - 3
Magpie - 1
Great Tit - 2


Lookout Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 5 (3 male, 2 female)
Great Tit - 3
Coal Tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1 male


Other Bird Species Noted

Swallow (Amphibian Ponds) - 3
Reed Bunting (Amphibian Ponds) - 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull (River Wear) - 2
Kestrel (Lagoon Footpath) - 2
Treecreeper (Stream Channel) - 1

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