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Wildlife Sightings - 11/06/2024

Wildlife Sightings - 11/06/2024

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Weather: Overcast/drizzly

River Wear Tide Level: High


Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 27

Sand Martin - 14

Shelduck - 19

Swallow - 4

Greylag Goose (1 brood) - 6 + 4 chicks

Black-headed Gull - 61 + 18 chicks

Tufted Duck - 4

Oystercatcher - 4

Teal Duck - 1

Lapwing - 12

Canada x Greylag Hybrid - 1

Canada Goose (2 broods) - 3 + 6 chicks


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Treecreeper - 1

Robin - 1

Greenfinch - 1 male

Stock Dove - 3

Dunnock - 1

Great Tit - 3 + 5 juv

Goldfinch - 2 + 2 juv

Bullfinch - 4 male 2 female + 2 juv

Chaffinch - 3 male 3 female + 1 juv

Blue Tit - 3 + 1 juv


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Grey Heron - Heronry - 9

Grey Heron - Wader Meadow - 2

Jay - The Lookout - 1

Bullfinch - The Lookout - 1 male

Great Tit - The Lookout - 1

Grey Heron - Saline Lagoon - 1 juv

Shelduck - Saline Lagoon - 2

Lapwing - Saline Lagoon - 1

Mute Swan - River Wear - 3

Robin - North Wood - 1


Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Invertebrates:

Early Bumblebee

Flora/Fungi\:

Elder

Cuckoo Flower

Northern Marsh Orchid

Spotted Orchid

Bee Orchid

Cow Parsley

Green Alkanet



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