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Wildlife Sightings 13/12/2025

Wildlife Sightings 13/12/2025

Weather: overcast, sunny interval moderate wind

                                River Wear Tide Level: Mid

am
Wader Lake Species
Water Level
Mid/high
Total
Canada Goose
4
Shelduck
18
Gadwall
8
Shoveler
4
Teal
60
Tufted Duck
4
Lapwing
1
B.H Gull
58
Herring Gull
46
Common Buzzard
1
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area
Total
Blue Tit
16
Bullfinch
4m 4f
Great Tit
12
Chaffinch
5m 5f
Coal Tit
7
Greenfinch
4
Long-Tailed Tit
6
Nuthatch
1
Robin
2
Dunnock
1
Dunnock
1
Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 m
am
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Location
Total
Redwing
Wader Lake Footpath
22
Jay
Wader Lake Footpath
1
Redpoll
Wader Lake Footpath
4
Siskin
Wader Lake Footpath
11
Redshank
River Wear
8
Curlew
River Wear
3
Cormorant
River Wear
3
Goosander
River Wear
6
Goldeneye
River Wear
1f
Tufted Duck
River Wear
7
Treecreeper
Hollowood
1
Long-Tailed Tit
Hollowood
5
Pink-Footed Goose
Over site
20

Other Flora and Fauna Noted Around Site

Mammal:                                                     Flora / Fungi:

Roe Deer x2 @Spring Gill                   Velvet Shank @ Car Park

                                                            Sulphur tuft @ North Wood

                                                           Candlesnuff fungus @ North Wood

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