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Wildlife Sightings-3/4/22

Wildlife Sightings-3/4/22

Weather: Bright & breezy

Wind Speed:Light to Moderate

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake

Avocet - 4
Lapwing - 14
Redshank - 3
Gadwall - 8
Shoveler - 10
Wigeon - 3
Shelduck - 41
Tufted Duck - 19
Canada Goose - 20
Greylag - 5
Lesser black-backed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 44
Black-headed Gull - 39
Black-headed x Med Gull - 1

Saline Lagoon

Oystercatcher - 2
Canada Goose (meadow) - 2
Greylag (meadow) - 4
Canada x Greylag (meadow) - 2

Hawthorn Wood

Dunnock - 2
Jay - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Coal tit - 2
wood pigeon - 1
Bullfinch (2m,1f) - 3

Lookout Feeding Station

Robin - 1
Bullfinch (2m,3f) - 5
Chaffinch - 7
Great tit - 2
Blackbird (f) - 1
Long-tailed tit - 2

Other birds noted around site

Grey Heron Heron Hedge - 25
Kestrel Corner meadow/Hawthorn Wood - 2
GS Woodpecker Spring Gill Wood/Hawthorn Wood - 2
Goldcrest Spring Gill Wood - 1
Reed bunting Amphibian Ponds - 1(f)
Willow tit Amphibian Ponds - 2
Treecreeper Hawthorn Wood - 1
Mute Swan Reservoir - 2

Flora/Fungi

Moon poo fungus Spring Gill Wood
Cuckoo Flower Amphibian Ponds

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