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Wildlife Sightings - 02/05/26

Wildlife Sightings - 02/05/26

3 Little Ringed Plover actively displaying across Wader Lake, while 4 Common Tern have returned to the site, adding plenty of aerial activity. Completing the scene, a distant Cuckoo could be heard calling from across the river.

am
Wader Lake Species
Water Level
Total
Little-Ringed Plover
3
Common Sandpiper
1
Oystercatcher
3
Avocet
22
Lapwing
3
Redshank
2
Shelduck
16
Shoveler
5♂ 2♀
Teal
3♂ 2♀
Gadwall
5♂ 2♀
Coot
3 + 3 chicks
Grey Heron
26
Common Tern
4
Black Headed Gull
55
Herring Gull
16
L.B.B Gull
2
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Coal Tit
1
Bullfinch
3♂ 2♀
Great Tit
3
Goldfinch
1
Blue Tit
2
Chaffinch
2♂ 2♀
Greenfinch
1
Sparrowhawk
1
am/pm
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Location
Total
Swallow
Wader Lake Meadow
6
Reed Bunting
Wader Lake Reedbed
1♂
Reed Warbler
Round table Ponds
1
Sedge Warbler
Round table Ponds
1
Sedge Warbler
Round table Ponds
1
Mute Swan
River Wear
2
Tufted Duck
River Wear
10
Cuckoo
Wearside Golf Course (riverside)
1
Skylark
West of site (Farmland)
1
Rook
West of site (Farmland)
1

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Mammals:
Roe Deer @River Bank.
Weasal @ Hollowood
Amphibians / Fish:
Smooth Newt @Wildlife ponds
Invertebrates:
Small Copper @Corner Meadow,
Flora / Fungi:
Wild Garlic @Hawthorn Wood
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