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WILDLIFE SIGHTING 21/03/24

Weather: Overcast River Wear Tide Level: Low

WILDLIFE SIGHTING 21/03/24

Wader Lake

Greylag Goose 6

Canada Goose 18

Mute Swan 2

Shelduck 49

Shoveler 4

Tufted Duck 6

Little grebe 1

Coot 3

Oystercatcher 2

Lapwing 21

Black-Headed Gull 58

Hering gull 14

Lesser black backed gull 2

Grey Heron 25

Starling (over) 30

Canalag hybrid 2

Avocet 2


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Robin 1

Dunnock 1

Stockdove 2

Great spotted Woodpecker 1 (female)

Coal tit 3

Blue tit 7

Chaffinch 4

Great tit 5

Long Tailed tit 1

Treecreeper 1

Siskin 6

Bullfinch 2 (female) 3 (male)


Around Site

Cormorant River Wear 1

Tawny Owl Hawthorn Wood (roost)

Whooper Swan over Amphibian Ponds (North East) approx. 40

Reed Bunting Wader Lake footpath 1

Reed Bunting Amphibian Ponds 1

Grey Wagtail Hollowood 1

Dunnock Saline Lagoon Meadow 1

Mistle Thrush River Wear 1

Mute Swan Saline Lagoon 1

Gadwall Filter Reedbed 1 (male) 1 (female)

Tufted Duck Reservoir 3

Feral pigeon Centre feeders 4

Redshank River Wear 4

Kestrel Saline Lagoon 2

Jay Saline lagoon 1

Common crow Lagoon meadow 1

Wren Hawthorn wood 1

Dunnock, Greenfinch, Goldfinch @ Centre Feeders

Goldcrest Waderlake footpath 1

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