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Wildlife Sightings -04/03/2023

Wildlife Sightings -04/03/2023

Weather: Overcast

River Wear tide level: Low

A.M

Wader lake:

Mute Swan - 1

Canada Goose - 14

Greylag - 4

Shelduck - 25

Wigeon - 5

Shoveler - 4

Gadwall - 10

Teal - 16

Oystercatcher - 2

Lapwing - 60

Grey Heron - 38

Herring Gull - 16

Black-headed Gull - 35

Hawthorn wood:

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Reed Bunting - 1

Nuthatch - 2

Stock Dove - 2

Long-tailed Tit - 4

Bullfinch - 8

Goldfinch - 6

Greenfinch - 4

Chaffinch - 8

Lookout Feeding Station:

Bullfinch - 4

Nutchatch - 1

Other Birds noted on site:

Siskin -26 (Amphibian Pond)

Stock Dove - 8 (Heron Hedge)

Mute Swan - 2 (River)

Gooseander - 1 (River)

Tufted duck - 10 (River)

Kingfisher - 1 (River)

Saline Lagoon:

Oystercatcher

Redshank

Other wildlife species spotted around site:

Flora / fungi:

Snow Drop (Gully)

Black Thorn