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Wildlife Sightings 07/06/2023

Wildlife Sightings 07/06/2023

Weather: Overcast

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Shelduck 48 + 8 chicks
Shoveler 2m, 2f + 2 chicks
Avocet - 47
Common Tern - 143
Black-headed Gull - 125 + 3 chicks
Oystercatcher - 4 + 3 chicks
Lapwing - 5
Barn Swallow - 1
Swift - 1
Grey Heron - 15
Teal - 1
Tufted Duck - 9
Greylag Goose - 5
Canada Goose - 7

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Blue tit - 1
Stock Dove - 3
G.S.Woodpecker - 1 m
Great tit - 1
Bullfinch - 4 + 3 fledglings
Goldfinch - 2
Greenfinch - 2
Blackbird - 1
Jay - 1
Nuthatch - 1

River Wear

Cormorant - 1
Herring Gull - 137
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4

The Lookout

Bullfinch - 3 + 1 fledgling
Blue tit - 2
Goldfinch - 1
Great tit - 1
Dunnock - 1

North Wood

Shoveler - 1 f + 8 chicks

Reservoir

Tufted Duck - 16

Invertebrates

Elephant Hawkmoth @ Across site
Poplar Hawkmoth @ Across site
Blue Vein moth @ Across site

Flora/Fungi

Northern Marsh Orchid @ Across site

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