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Wildlife Sightings - 02/07/25

Wildlife Sightings - 02/07/25

Wildlife Sightings Daily Log

Date: 02/07/2025Weather: Drizzle

River Wear Tide Level: High

am/pm

Wader Lake Species

Water Level

Total

Mallard

1m 3f + 7 ducklings

Shelduck

3 + 13 ducklings

Swallow

7

Common sandpiper

1

Avocet

33

Black headed gull

185

Moorhen

8

Lapwing

13

Greylag goose

2

Teal

2m 1f

Black tailed godwit

14

Little ringed plover

1

Common tern

23 + 7 chicks

Herring gull

22

Oystercatcher

3 + 3 chicks

Lesser black backed gull

3

Redshank

17

Coot

2

Tufted duck

1f 1m

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Blue tit

1

Robin

1

Great tit

2 + 1 juv

Stock dove

2

Bullfinch

2m 1f

Pheasant

1f

Chaffinch

1m 1f

Blackbird

1m

Goldfinch

2 + 1 juv

Magpie

1

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Grey Heron

Heronry

7

Tufted duck

Reservoir

1f + 3 juv

Mallard

Reservoir

3

Nuthatch

Hawthorn Wood

1

Dunnock

Hawthorn Wood

1

Mallard

Saline Lagoon

4

Black headed gull

Saline Lagoon

1

Cormorant

River Wear

1

Herring gull

River Wear

2

Black headed gull

River Wear

7

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Mammals: Amphibians / Fish:Invertebrates:Flora / Fungi:

1 x Brown Hare @ Hidden Meadow

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