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Wildlife Sightings - 03/03/2025

Wildlife Sightings - 03/03/2025

Weather : overcast

River Wear Level: Low

Wader Lake Species Am

Grey Heron ( developing) - 25 + 16 nests (nest building - new nest being take up, left sub-colony)

Teal - 54

Tufted Duck - 12

Lapwing 19 (displaying and scraping behavior on the meadow)

Shelduck - 41

Canada Goose - 29

Shoveler - 3

Oystercatcher - ( 1 scraping on the meadow) - 4 (2pairs)

Graylag goose - 4

Black Headed Gull - 88

Herring Gull - 86

Iceland Gull - 1

Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 5

Nuthatch - 1

Chaffinch - 7

Long-Tailed Tit - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2 calling

Great Tit - 5

Blue Tit - 3

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Grey Heron - 2 (Top Meadow hedge)

Goldfinch - 5 (Amphibian ponds)

Greenfinch - 1 calling (Wader Lake Hedge)

Dunnock - 1 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Robin (robin displaying to each other) - 3 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Black birds - 5 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Song Thrush - 2 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Goldfinch - 2 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Blue Tit (investigating nest box-Diageo hide) - 2 (Wader Lake Footpath)