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Wildlife Sightings - 24/11/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 24/11/2023

Weather: cold / sunny / clear

River Wear Tide Level: mid

Wader Lake Species

Shelduck - 9

Teal - 28

Redshank - 3

Moorhen - 8

Canada Goose - 1 (Meadow)

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Goldfinch - 1

Chaffinch - 13

Coal Tit - 3

Bullfinch - 2 + 3

Magpie - 3

Stock Dove - 3

Nuthatch - 1

Robin - 2

Great Tit - 6

Blue Tit - 9

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Black-headed Gull - 6 (River Wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Goosander - 3 (River Wear)

Shelduck - 1 (River Wear)

Robin - 1 (Amphibian pond)

Blackbird - 5 (Amphibian pond)

Jack/Snipe - 2 (Amphibian)

Jay - 2 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Kestrel - 1 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Kestrel - 1 (Wild Orchard)

Grey Heron - 1 (Forgotten Meadow)

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