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Wildlife Sightings 11/05/2023

Wildlife Sightings 11/05/2023

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Greylag goose (11 adults + 5 goslings) - 16
Canada goose (27 adults + 3 goslings) - 30
Shelduck - 57
Tufted duck - 16
Avocet - 37
Shoveler - 1
Common Tern - 89
Black-headed gull - 47
Oystercatcher - 3
Lapwing - 12
Grey heron - 26
Teal - 1
Gadwall - 2
Redshank - 3

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Great tit - 2
Blue tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Chaffinch - 1
Bullfinch - 3
Nuthatch - 1
Robin - 1

Hidden Meadow

Grey Heron - 1

River Wear

Tufted Duck - 26
Cormorant - 1
Shelduck - 6

The Lookout

Willow tit - 1 (heard)

Gully

Willow tit - 1 (heard)

Middle Wood

Kestrel - 1
Blackcap - 1

Saline Lagoon

Little Egret - 1
Grey Heron - 1
Shelduck - 3
Oystercatcher - 1

Reservoir

Tufted Duck - 15
Shelduck - 1

Amphibians

Smooth newt @ The Amphibian Ponds

Invertebrates

Peacock Butterfly @ Saline Lagoon
Speckled Wood @ Near Close Encounters

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