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​​Wildlife Sightings​ - ​05/06/24

​​Wildlife Sightings​ - ​05/06/24

Weather: Overcast

River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake Species
Tufted Duck - 9
Avocet - 21 & 1 chick
Shelduck - 52, 15chicks (2 broods - 4, 11)
Black headed gull - 84 & 21chicks
Grey Heron - 5 & 12 juvenile
Canada Goose - 3 & 2 goslings
Gadwall - 3
Common Tern - 55
Greylag Goose - 2
Mute Swan - 2
Swallow - 1
Sand Martin - 15

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Robin - 2
Stock dove - 3
Long tailed tit - 1
Goldfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 4
Wren - 1
Great tit - 4
Nuthatch - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Site
Swallow - Saline lagoon
Sedge warbler - Saline Lagoon
Oystercatcher - Saline Lagoon
Grey Heron - Saline Lagoon
Canada Goose - Saline Lagoon