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Wildlife Sightings - 16/02/2024

Wildlife Sightings - 16/02/2024

Weather: sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Species

Mute Swan - 2

Grey Heron - 4

Canada Goose - 4

Graylag Goose - 2

Canada + Graylag Goose - 1

Tufted Duck - 9

Shelduck - 12

Gadwall - 2

Teal - 5

Oystercatcher - 3

Lapwing - 68

Redshank - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Chaffinch - 2

Willow tit - 2

Long-tailed Tit - 2

coal tit - 2

Goldfinch - 2

G. S. Woodpecker - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Great Tit - 15

Siskin - 1

Blue Tit - 4

Robin - 2

Dunnock - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Grey Heron - 34 (Heronry)

Buzzard - 1 (Heronry)

Siskin - 30 (Amphibian ponds)

Reed Bunting - 3 (Amphibian ponds)

Redshank - 2 (River Wear)

Tufted Duck - 13 (River Wear)

Bullfinch - 3 - Wader lake footpath)

Robin - 1 (Wader lake footpath)

Oystercatcher - 2 (Saline lagoon)

Shelduck - 2 (Saline lagoon)

Teal - 9 (Saline lagoon)

Kestrel - 1(Forgotten meadow)

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