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Wildlife Sightings 1/7/2025

Wildlife Sightings 1/7/2025

Weather : Overcast

River Wear Tide Level : High

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Mallard

3f 1m + 7 ducklings

Black tailed godwit

5

Avocet

33

Teal

1m

Black headed gull

171

Common tern

26 + 8 chicks

Lapwing

57

Shelduck

6 + 17 ducklings

Little ringed plover

1

Herring gull

18

Oystercatcher

5 + 3 chicks

Mediterranean gull

1

Moorhen

3

Greylag goose

1

Redshank

5

Lesser black backed gull

1

Coot

2

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Chaffinch

3f 1m

Dunnock

1

Bullfinch

2m 1f

Robin

1 +1 juv

Blue tit

3

Great tit

3

Magpie

1

Coal tit

1

Goldfinch

3

Greenfinch

2

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Grey Heron

Heronry

8

Mute swan

River Wear

1

Herring gull

River Wear

26

Redshank

Saline Lagoon

14

Mallard

Saline Lagoon

2m 4f

Lapwing

Saline Lagoon

5

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

2

Tufted duck

Reservoir

3m 3f + 4 ducklings

Other Wildlife Noted Around Site

Mammals

2 x Roe deer kids @ Amphibian ponds

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