Amazing sighting across the site- Spoonbill and Great White Egret on Wader Lake, Willow Emerald damselfly at Amphibian Ponds and Kingfisher at the Stream Channel, to give a few examples.
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am/pm |
Wader Lake Species |
Water Level |
Total |
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Great White Egret (AM) |
1 |
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Spoonbill (AM) |
1 |
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Little Egrets in the Heronry (PM) |
6 |
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Lapwing |
34 |
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Teal |
15 |
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Avocet |
11, 1 first year |
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Sand martins |
3 |
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Black tailed godwits |
3 |
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Grey Heron |
10 |
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Greylag goose |
111 |
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Canada x greylag goose |
2 |
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Snipe |
6 |
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Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area |
Total |
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area |
Total |
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Willow Tit |
1 juvenile calling |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
1 juv, 1 female |
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Blue tit |
8 |
Great tit |
3 |
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Coal tit |
2 |
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am/pm |
Bird Species Noted Around Site |
Location |
Total |
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Kingfisher |
Stream Channel |
1 |
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Goldfinch flock |
Wader Lake feeding on Knapweed |
~40 |
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Goldfinch flock |
Inner Circle |
30 |
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Little Egret |
River Wear |
1 |
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Grey Heron |
River Wear |
1 |
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Lesser Black backed gull |
River Wear |
1 |
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Herring gull |
River Wear |
20 |
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Black headed gull |
River Wear |
15 |
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Kestrel |
Dragonfly Ponds |
1 |
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Swallow |
Dragonfly Ponds |
5 |
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Willow Tit |
Amphibian Ponds/Dragonfly Ponds |
1 calling |
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Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
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Mammals: Fox poo around Amphibian Ponds |
Amphibians / Fish: |
Invertebrates: Willow Emerald at the furthest small pond at Amphibian Ponds Common Darter- pairs ovipositoring at Amphibian Ponds Blue-tailed damselflies pairs at Amphibian Ponds |
Flora / Fungi: |
Name: Kate Ferguson
Weather: Warm
River Wear Tide Level: Low
