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Wildlife Sightings 12/07/2025

Wildlife Sightings 12/07/2025

Weather : Sunny/Humid

River Wear Tide Level : Mid


am

Wader Lake Species


Total

Avocet

11

Oystercatcher

3 +2juv

Common Tern

4

Black-Tailed Godwit

3

Lapwing

68

Curlew

2

Black Headed Gull

193 +24juv

Mediterranean Gull(Yellow leg ring on right leg)

1

Teal

2m 2f

Shelduck

4 +14juv

Mallard

4

Grey Heron

1juv

Moorhen

5 +1juv

Coot

2

Greylag

5

Canada x Greylag Hybrid

1

Stock Dove

2

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Great-Spotted Woodpecker

1juv

Greenfinch

1

Great Tit

4

Goldfinch

2 +1juv

Blue tit

4

Moorhen

1

Coal Tit

2

Pheasant

1f +3juv

Chaffinch

2m 2f

Woodpigeon

3

am

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Grey Heron

Heronry

5

Herring Gull

River Wear

33

Black Headed Gull

Saline Lagoon

4

Lapwing

Saline Lagoon

1

Moorhen

Saline Lagoon

2

Treecreeper

Car Park

2

Chiffchaff

Car Park

2 +2juv

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

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

Roe Deer x2Red Tailed Bumblebee x1

@Amphibian PondsBuff Tailed Bumblebee x2

Leaf Cutter Bee x1

@Grounds/Stream Channel

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