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Weather: Sunny/breezy
River Wear Tide Level: Mid
Wader Lake Species
Swallow - 2
Avocet - 37
Shelduck - 29 + 10 chicks
Sand Martin - 2
Greylag Goose - 14
Black-headed Gull - 72 + 25 chicks
Mute Swan - 2
Oystercatcher - 4
Common Tern - 51
Herring Gull - 1
Tufted Duck - 15
Lapwing - 2
Grey Heron - 1 juv
Canada x Greylag Goose = 1
Redshank - 2
Gadwall - 7
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station
Bullfinch - 4 male 2 female + 1 juv
Great Tit - 3 + 2 juv
Chaffinch - 2 male + 2 female
Greenfinch - 1 male + 1 female
Blue Tit - 2
Robin - 1 + 1 juv
Goldfinch - 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male
Dunnock - 1
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Gadwall - River Wear - 2
Mute Swan - River Wear - 1
Shelduck - River Wear - 1
Grey Heron - Heronry - 5
Canada Goose - Wader Meadow - 5
Redshank - Saline Lagoon - 1
Shelduck - Saline Lagoon - 2
Lapwing - Saline Lagoon - 2
Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site
Invertebrates:
Red and Black Froghopper
Early Bumblebee
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Common Cardinal Beetle
Flora/Fungi
Yellow Rattle
Elder
Ragged Robin
Oxeye
Northern Marsh Orchid
Spotted Orchid
Bee Orchid
