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Wildlife Sightings - 04/06/25

Wildlife Sightings - 04/06/25

Wildlife Sightings Daily Log

Date: 04/06/2025

Weather: Sunny/Drizzle

River Wear Tide Level: High

am

Wader Lake Species

Water Level

Total

Grey Heron

7

Swallow

3

Avocet(9 on nests, 1 with two yellow rings on each legs)

31

Oystercatcher

5 +1juv

Little Ringed Plover

3

Lapwing

12

Common Tern

53

Black Headed Gull

70

Herring Gull

32

Lesser Black Backed Gull

2

Shelduck

19 +8juv

Gadwall

10m 7f

Mallard

1

Teal

1m

Shoveler

4m

Tufted Duck

2m 2f

Canada Goose

12

Greylag

3

Canada x Greylag Hybrid

1

Moorhen

3 +1juv

Coot

1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Goldfinch

5

Magpie

2

Greenfinch

1

Moorhen

1

Blue tit

1

Chaffinch

2m

Robin

1

am

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Sedge Warbler

Amphibian Ponds

2

Tufted Duck

River Wear

1m 1f

Cormorant

River Wear

1

Herring Gull

River Wear

35

Grey Heron

Heronry

12

Little Egret

Heronry

1

Canada Goose

Wader Lake Meadow

2

Greylag

Wader Lake Meadow

1

Shelduck

Wader Lake Meadow

1

Willow Tit

Middle wood

1

Avocet

Saline Lagoon

2

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

1

Tufted Duck

Reservoir

2m 1f

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

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

Roe Deer x 1fWhite Tailed Bumblebee x1

@Hidden Meadow@Wader Lake

Azure Damselfly x5

Blue Tailed Damselfly x1

Early Bumblebee x5

Drone Fly x2

Speckled Wood x2

Small Skipper x1

@Orchard

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