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Wildlife Sightings - 05/11/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 05/11/2022

Weather: light rain

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader Lake:

Moorhen - 7

Herring Gull - 1

Teal - 3

Shoveler - 1

(Footpath)

Red-wing - 7

Bullfinch - 4

Chaffinch - 1

Goldfinch - 1

Black bird - 1

Hawthorn wood:

Great tit - 1

Blue tit - 5

Chaffinch - 6

Coal tit - 3

Bullfinch - 1

Moorhen - 2

Goldfinch - 2

Green-finch - 1

Willow tit (White tail) - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Mallard - 2 (River wear)

Black-headed Gull - 92 (River wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River wear)

Goosander - 1 (River wear)

Grey Heron - 1 (River wear)

Mute Swan - 2 (River Wear)

Common crow - 2 (River Wear)

Teal - 4 (Saline Lagoon)

Little Egret - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Great tit - 4 (The Lookout)

Blue tit - 3 (The Lookout)

Robin - 1 (The Lookout)

Other wildlife species spotted on site:

Flora / Fungi:

Candle-snuff Fungus (Hawthorn wood)

White Saddle (North wood)