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Wildlife Sightings 18/06/2025

Wildlife Sightings 18/06/2025

Weather : Slightly Overcast

River Wear Tide Level : High

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Avocet

41 + 1 chick

Black headed gull

165 + 4 chicks

Canada x Greylag goose

1

Lapwing

66

Oystercatcher

6 + 3 chicks

Shelduck

32 + 22 ducklings

Black Tailed godwit

1

Common tern

24 + 2 chicks

Lesser black backed gull

2

Herring gull

12

Canada goose

2

Mallard

2m 1f

Grey heron

1

Greylag goose

3

Shoveler

1m

Gadwall

7

Tufted duck

2f 1m

Redshank

6

Little ringed plover

2

Coot

4

Moorhen

9

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Blue tit

1 + 1 juv

Chaffinch

3m 2f + 2 juv

Bullfinch

2m 1f + 1 juv

Great Spotted Woodpecker

1 juv

Goldfinch

1 + 1 juv

Robin

1 juv

Great tit

3 + 2 juv

Stock dove

3

Coal tit

1

Pheasant

1f

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Grey Heron

Heronry

Saline Lagoon

10

1

Mallard

Saline Lagoon

2

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

2

Black headed gull

Saline Lagoon

1

Avocet

Saline Lagoon

1

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Invertebrates

Snout Mouth - Northumbrian Water Hide

Speckled Wood - Saline Lagoon

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