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Wildlife Sightings - 19.02.2024

Wildlife Sightings - 19.02.2024

Weather: bright but breezy

River Wear Tide Level: high

Wader Lake Species

Oystercatcher - 4

Redshank - 19

Lapwing - 74

Gooseander - 1

Gadwall - 2

Tufted duck -21

Shelduck - 41

Mallard - 27

Wigeon - 4

Tea l - 17

Canada Goose - 14

Grey Heron - 42

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Great tit - 6

Willow tit - 1

Coal tit - 3

Chaffinch - 7

Sparrowhawk - 1

Blue Tit - 7

Bullfinch - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Siskin - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Mute Swan - 1 (Wader lake)

Herring Gull - 14 (Wader lake)

Black-headed Gull - 162 (Wader lake)

Long-tailed Tit - 17 (Across site)

Mistle Thrush - 1 (Spring Gill wood)

Reed Bunting - 1 (Amphibian ponds)

goldfinch - 2 (middle wood)

Mandarin duck - 2 (Saline Lagoon)

Jack Snipe - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Nuthatch - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Siskin - 4 (Hollow wood)

Goldcrest - 1 (Hollow wood)


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