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Wildlife Sightings 14/06/2024

Wildlife Sightings 14/06/2024

Weather = Over Cast / Muggy

River Wear Tide Level = High

Wader Lake Species

Tufted Duck (1 Brood) - 13 + 7 chicks

Avocet - 22

Grey Lag Goose (2 Broods) - 7 + 5 chicks

Shelduck (1brood) - 28 + 8 chicks

Sand Martin - 8

Canada Goose - 3

Oystercatcher - 3

Common Turn - 46

Redshank - 4

Black-Headed Gull - 88 + 23 chicks

Lapwing - 15

Gadwall - 10

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Chaffinch - 1(M) 1(F)

Blue Tit - 2

Goldfinch - 4

Bullfinch - 1(M) 1(F) + 3 chicks

Great Tit - 4

Robin - 1

Greenfinch - 1 (F)

Stock Dove - 1

Lesser Black-Headed Gull - 1

Greater Black-Headed Gull - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Sight

Grey Heron - Wader Meadow - 6

Shelduck - Saline Lagoon - 2

Lapwing - Saline Lagoon - 1

Mute Swan - River Wear - 3

Shelduck - River Wear - 1

Herring Gull - River Wear - 20

Invertebrates

Azure Damselfly - Amphibian pond

White - Tailed Bumblebee

Buff-Tailed Bumblebee

Early Bumblebee

Marmelade Hoverfly

Mothfly

Flora / Fungi

Yellow Rattle

Ragged Robin

Elder

Oxeye Daisy

Cow Parsley

Northern Marsh Orchid

Spotted Orchid

Bee Orchid




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