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Wildlife Sightings - 27/09/22

Wildlife Sightings - 27/09/22

Weather: Sunny
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Species

Lapwing - 7
Teal - 15
Black-headed Gull - 39
Curlew - 1
Black-tailed Godwit - 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Great Tit - 5
Blue Tit - 8
Long-tailed Tit - 14
Chaffinch - 6
Robin - 1
Greenfinch - 6
Willow Tit - 2
Dunnock - 1


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Long-tailed Tit (Amphibian Pond) - 5
Curlew (River Wear) - 1
Bullfinch (Lookout) - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Coal Tit (Lookout) - 1
Willow Tit (Lookout) - 2
Gadwall (Reservoir) - 1
Cormorant (River Wear) - 6


Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site


Invertebrates;

Common Darter
Speckled Wood


Flora/Fungi;

Bloody Brittle Gill
Fairy Inkcap
Weeping Widow
Slippery Jack



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