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Wildlife Sightings 12/02/2023

Wildlife Sightings 12/02/2023

Weather: Cloudy

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Redshank - 8
Shelduck - 27
Gadwall - 4
Lapwing - 56
Tufted Duck - 1
Teal - 13
Grey Heron - 21
Canada Goose - 24
Greylag Goose - 1
Black-headed gull - 71
Herring Gull - 4
Wigeon - 4

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Bullfinch - 11
Goldfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 6
Great tit - 4
Blue tit - 1
Coal tit - 2
Dunnock - 2
Robin - 1
Jay - 1
Nuthatch - 1
GS Woodpecker (drumming) - 2

Wader Lake Footpath

Long-tailed tit - 5
Jay - 1

River Wear

Tufted Duck - 15
Mute Swan - 3
Greylag - 1
Little Grebe - 2

Amphibian Ponds

Goldcrest - 1
Bullfinch - 1
Goldfinch - 5

Saline Lagoon

Redshank - 1
Teal - 12
Shelduck - 1
Grey heron - 1

Reservoir

Gadwall - 2

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