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Wildlife Sightings 20/06/2023

Wildlife Sightings 20/06/2023

Weather: Light rain

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 32
Lapwing - 8 + 1 chick
Redshank - 5 + 2 juv.
Oystercatcher 3 + 2 chicks
Gadwall (3 juv. + 2 broods of 5 & 6 ducklings) - 11 + 3 juv.
Shoveler - 5
Teal - 4 m
Tufted Duck (2 broods of 26 ducklings) - 7
Common Tern - 88 + 15 chicks
B.H. Gull - 103 + 20 chicks
Med Gull x B.H. Gull - 1
Common Gull - 5
Grey Heron - 15
Reed Bunting - 1 m
Stock Dove - 3 + juv.

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Reed Bunting - 1 m
Chaffinch - 5
G.S.Woodpecker - 1 m
Goldfinch - 3
Dunnock - 1
Great tit - 3
Bullfinch - 2 + 2 juv.
Jay - 1
Robin - 1
Stock Dove - 1

River Wear

Black-headed Gull - 14
Herring Gull - 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Oystercatcher - 2

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 5
Canada Goose - 1
Kestrel (seen in box by Saline Lagoon) - 1 chick

Middlewood

Blackcap - 1

Reservoir

Tufted Duck - 8 + 9 ducklings








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