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Wildlife Sightings 10/07/2025

Wildlife Sightings 10/07/2025

Weather : Sunny/Hot

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Avocet

3, 1 nesting

Shelduck

1 pair, 15 immature

Mallard*2 broods, 1 of 8, 1 of 4*

6 ad, 8 juv, 4 ducklings

Black-headed gull

77, 8 juv

Grey Heron

7 juv

Lapwing*post breeding flock*

51

Greylag goose

5

Common Tern

5

Curlew

16

Stock dove

7

Oystercatcher

1ad, 2 juv

Swift*drinking from lake*

1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Dunnock

1

Stock dove

1

Great tit

3

Blue tit

4

Bullfinch

2

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Cormorants

River Wear

3

Lapwing

Saline Lagoon

2

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

2

Black-headed gull

Saline Lagoon

1

Kestrel

Old Oak Meadow

4 (2 juv)

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Mammals: Amphibians / Fish:Invertebrates:Flora / Fungi:

Nettle-leaved bellflower at The Gully

Comma at Spring Gill

Green veined white at Hawthorn Wood

Roe Deer x1 at Spring Gill

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