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Wildlife Sightings - 16/06/26

Wildlife Sightings - 16/06/26

Hawthorn Wood has a lot of juvenile Blue tits, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Great Tits visiting this morning. Black Headed Gull chicks on Wader Lakes islands with several clutches of Shelduck on the lake as well.

am/pm
Wader Lake Species
Water Level
Total
Avocet
19
Redshank
2
Little Ringed Plover
1
Black headed gull
86+15 chicks
Herring Gull
20
Common Tern
45
Mallard
9
Tufted Duck
2
Gadwall
46
Shelduck
6+30 chicks
Swallow
2
Grey Heron
3
Oystercatcher
4
Lapwing
9
Coot
2+3 chicks
Moorhen
2
Greylag
2
am/pm
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Location
Total
Gray Wagtail
River Wear
3
Black Headed Gull
River Wear
4
Tufted Duck
River Wear
4
Redshank
River Wear
2
Avocet
Saline Lagoon
2
Black Headed Gull
Saline Lagoon
1
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Hawthorn Wood Hide
1f, 1juv
Robin
Hawthorn wood Hide
1, 1jjuv
Great Tit
Hawthorn Wood Hide
2, 2juv
Coal Tit
Hawthorn Wood Hide
2
Nuthatch
Hawthorn Wood Hide
1
Blue Tit
Hawthorn Wood Hide
2, 8juv

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site  

Mammals:
1 Roe Deer+ 2 Juv @ Lagoon meadow
Amphibians / Fish:
Invertebrates:
Early Bumblebee x9
@Wader Lake Footpath
Flora / Fungi: