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Wildlife Sightings - 13/02/23

Wildlife Sightings - 13/02/23

Weather: Clear, Bright, Light Frost
River Wear Tide Level: High


Wader Lake Species

Wigeon - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Common Snipe - 3
Mute Swan - 1
Shelduck - 13
Canada Goose - 17
Herring Gull - 44
Black-headed Gull - 327
Oystercatcher - 2
Greater Black-backed Gull - 1
Grey Heron - 20
Shoveler - 1 male
Lapwing - 73
Redshank - 1
Teal - 32



Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Coal Tit - 3
Greenfinch - 3 (2 female, 1 male)
Dunnock - 1
Reedbunting - 1 male
Ling-tailed Tit - 3
Bullfinch - 3 (2 male, 1 female)


Bird Species Noted Around site

Song Thrush (Corner Meadow/North Wood) - 1
Jay (Centre Feeders) - 1
Little Grebe (Window on the Wear 1) - 2
Bullfinch (North Wood) - 3
Greenfinch (Hawthorn Wood) - 1 male



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