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Wildlife Sightings 06/11/2026


Wildlife Sightings 06/11/2026

A nice flock of goldfinch foraging along wader lake footpath and dropping in the muddy edge of wader lake to have a drink as a group.

am/pm
Wader Lake Species
Water Level
Total
Greylag goose
2
Shoveller
1m 2f
Gadwall
5
Common shelduck
2
Lapwing
4
Teal
2
Curlew
1
Goldfinch drinking the muddy margins at the edge of the lake
25 (flock)
Great spotted woodpecker
1 heard
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Willow tit
1 unringed
Nuthatch
1
Coal tit
3
Robin
1
Chaffinch
2
Bullfinch
2f
Blue tit
6
Great tit
3
am/pm
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Location
Total
Goldcrest
North wood
2
Cettis warbler
River reedbed
1 calling
Grey wagtail
The gully
1 foraging
Little egret
River Wear
1 flying
Little egret
Saline Lagoon
1
Black headed gull
River Wear
37
Curlew
River Wear
3
Gooseander with fish in beak
River Wear
1m 3f

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site  

Mammals:
Amphibians / Fish:
Invertebrates:
Harlequin ladybirds across the site
          Flora / Fungi:

Name: KLF                                                                        

Weather: dull
River Wear Tide Level: Low