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Wildlife Sightings 03/10/2026

Wildlife Sightings 03/10/2026

Water rail squealing away in Round Table Ponds and great counts of birds on Wader Lake with the high tides. A Cetti’s warbler as also heard in the Filter Reedbed!

am/pm
Wader Lake Species
Water Level
Total
Black headed gull
228
Teal
146
Herring gull
3
Greylag goose
2
Redshank
67
Little Egret
9
Jackdaw
5
Moorhen
8
Grey Heron
2
Wader Lake Footpath
Chiffchaff
1 calling
Blackcap
1 calling
Wrens
3 calling
Goldfinch flock     flying over the footpath
8
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Chaffinch
1
Coal tit
3
Blue tit
3
Great tit
2
Robin
1
am/pm
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Location
Total
Goldcrest
North Wood
1 calling
Water rail
Round Table Ponds
1 calling
Long tailed tits
Hollowood
10 calling
Long tailed tits
Middlewood
4 calling
Goldcrest
Hawthorn Wood
1 calling
Cettis Warbler
Filter Reedbed
1 caliing
Little Egret
Saline Lagoon
1
Tufted duck
Reservoir
9
Shoveller
Reservoir
1 female

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site  

Mammals:
Amphibians / Fish:
Invertebrates:
Common Darter male at Saline Lagoon
Harlequin Ladybirds x6 at Saline Lagoon (f.succinea form)
Hairy shieldbug x1 at Saline Lagoon
          Flora / Fungi:

Name: KLF                                                                                

Weather: Sunny
River Wear Tide Level: High